#38C39D#38C39D

#38C39D is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.423; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.130 H 170.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#38C39D
RGBrgb(56, 195, 157)
HSLhsl(164, 55%, 49%)
HSVhsv(164, 71%, 76%)
CMYKcmyk(71.3%, 0%, 19.5%, 23.5%)
CIE-LABlab(71.08, -45.73, 8.56)
CIE-LCHlch(71.08, 46.52, 169.40°)
OKLaboklab(73.44% -0.1279 0.0218)
OKLCHoklch(73.44% 0.13 170.3)
XYZxyz(27.2286, 42.3021, 38.6219)
Luminance0.4230 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#38C39D #C3385E
analogous
#38C358 #38C39D #38A4C3
triadic
#38C39D #9D38C3 #C39D38
tetradic
#38C39D #5838C3 #C3385E #A4C338
square
#38C39D #5838C3 #C3385E #A4C338
split-complementary
#38C39D #C338A4 #C35838
monochromatic
#1D6450 #2A9377 #38C39D #65D3B5 #95E1CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22
#38C39D on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.46
#38C39D on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C39D
9.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##38C39D#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##38C39D1.002.229.469.46
#FFFFFF2.221.0021.0021.00
#0000009.4621.001.001.00
##0000009.4621.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#BDB69B
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#ABA8A0
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00C4B8
Achromatopsia (no color)
#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #38c39d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 195, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.130 170.3);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82d6ba',
    500: '#38c39d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #38c39d;
$custom-light: #82d6ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#38c39d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 163.597,
    "s": 55.378,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73444,
    "c": 0.12971,
    "h": 170.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.42305
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#38C39D
secondary
#CC8B9D
accent
#4972DF
background
#F8FDFB
surface
#F0FAF6
border
#CBD3D0
text
#0C1411
muted
#7D8380

Preview Lab

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#38C39D Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva