#38C394#38C394

#38C394 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.420; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.136 H 165.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#38C394
RGBrgb(56, 195, 148)
HSLhsl(160, 55%, 49%)
HSVhsv(160, 71%, 76%)
CMYKcmyk(71.3%, 0%, 24.1%, 23.5%)
CIE-LABlab(70.88, -47.87, 13.14)
CIE-LCHlch(70.88, 49.64, 164.65°)
OKLaboklab(73.21% -0.1321 0.0336)
OKLCHoklch(73.21% 0.136 165.7)
XYZxyz(26.4884, 42.0060, 34.7232)
Luminance0.4201 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#38C394 #C33867
analogous
#38C34F #38C394 #38ADC3
triadic
#38C394 #9438C3 #C39438
tetradic
#38C394 #4F38C3 #C33867 #ADC338
square
#38C394 #4F38C3 #C33867 #ADC338
split-complementary
#38C394 #C338AD #C34F38
monochromatic
#1D644C #2A9370 #38C394 #65D3AE #95E1C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23
#38C394 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.40
#38C394 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C394
9.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##38C394#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##38C3941.002.239.409.40
#FFFFFF2.231.0021.0021.00
#0000009.4021.001.001.00
##0000009.4021.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#BFB591
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#ADA897
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00C3B6
Achromatopsia (no color)
#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #38c394;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 195, 148);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.136 165.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81d6b3',
    500: '#38c394',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #38c394;
$custom-light: #81d6b3;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#38c394",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 148
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 159.712,
    "s": 55.378,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7321,
    "c": 0.1363,
    "h": 165.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.42009
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#38C394
secondary
#CC8BA1
accent
#497CDF
background
#F8FDFB
surface
#F0FAF6
border
#CBD3D0
text
#0C1411
muted
#7D8380

Preview Lab

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#38C394 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva