#38C39A#38C39A

#38C39A is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.422; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.132 H 168.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#38C39A
RGBrgb(56, 195, 154)
HSLhsl(162, 55%, 49%)
HSVhsv(162, 71%, 76%)
CMYKcmyk(71.3%, 0%, 21%, 23.5%)
CIE-LABlab(71.01, -46.45, 10.09)
CIE-LCHlch(71.01, 47.54, 167.75°)
OKLaboklab(73.36% -0.1293 0.0258)
OKLCHoklch(73.36% 0.132 168.7)
XYZxyz(26.9756, 42.2009, 37.2895)
Luminance0.4220 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#38C39A #C33861
analogous
#38C355 #38C39A #38A7C3
triadic
#38C39A #9A38C3 #C39A38
tetradic
#38C39A #5538C3 #C33861 #A7C338
square
#38C39A #5538C3 #C33861 #A7C338
split-complementary
#38C39A #C338A7 #C35538
monochromatic
#1D644F #2A9374 #38C39A #65D3B3 #95E1CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22
#38C39A on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.44
#38C39A on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C39A
9.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##38C39A#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##38C39A1.002.229.449.44
#FFFFFF2.221.0021.0021.00
#0000009.4421.001.001.00
##0000009.4421.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#BEB698
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#ACA89D
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00C4B7
Achromatopsia (no color)
#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #38c39a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 195, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.132 168.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82d6b7',
    500: '#38c39a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #38c39a;
$custom-light: #82d6b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#38c39a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 162.302,
    "s": 55.378,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73364,
    "c": 0.13182,
    "h": 168.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.42204
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#38C39A
secondary
#CC8B9E
accent
#4975DF
background
#F8FDFB
surface
#F0FAF6
border
#CBD3D0
text
#0C1411
muted
#7D8380

Preview Lab

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#38C39A Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva