#38C39C#38C39C

#38C39C is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.423; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.130 H 169.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#38C39C
RGBrgb(56, 195, 156)
HSLhsl(163, 55%, 49%)
HSVhsv(163, 71%, 76%)
CMYKcmyk(71.3%, 0%, 20%, 23.5%)
CIE-LABlab(71.06, -45.97, 9.07)
CIE-LCHlch(71.06, 46.86, 168.84°)
OKLaboklab(73.42% -0.1283 0.0232)
OKLCHoklch(73.42% 0.13 169.8)
XYZxyz(27.1436, 42.2681, 38.1741)
Luminance0.4227 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#38C39C #C3385F
analogous
#38C356 #38C39C #38A5C3
triadic
#38C39C #9C38C3 #C39C38
tetradic
#38C39C #5638C3 #C3385F #A5C338
square
#38C39C #5638C3 #C3385F #A5C338
split-complementary
#38C39C #C338A5 #C35638
monochromatic
#1D6450 #2A9376 #38C39C #65D3B4 #95E1CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22
#38C39C on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.45
#38C39C on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C39C
9.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##38C39C#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##38C39C1.002.229.459.45
#FFFFFF2.221.0021.0021.00
#0000009.4521.001.001.00
##0000009.4521.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#BEB69A
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#ABA89F
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00C4B8
Achromatopsia (no color)
#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #38c39c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 195, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.130 169.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82d6b9',
    500: '#38c39c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #38c39c;
$custom-light: #82d6b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#38c39c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 163.165,
    "s": 55.378,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73417,
    "c": 0.1304,
    "h": 169.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.42271
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#38C39C
secondary
#CC8B9D
accent
#4973DF
background
#F8FDFB
surface
#F0FAF6
border
#CBD3D0
text
#0C1411
muted
#7D8380

Preview Lab

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#38C39C Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva