#38C39E#38C39E

#38C39E is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.423; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.129 H 170.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#38C39E
RGBrgb(56, 195, 158)
HSLhsl(164, 55%, 49%)
HSVhsv(164, 71%, 76%)
CMYKcmyk(71.3%, 0%, 19%, 23.5%)
CIE-LABlab(71.10, -45.49, 8.05)
CIE-LCHlch(71.10, 46.19, 169.96°)
OKLaboklab(73.47% -0.1274 0.0205)
OKLCHoklch(73.47% 0.129 170.8)
XYZxyz(27.3143, 42.3364, 39.0733)
Luminance0.4234 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#38C39E #C3385D
analogous
#38C359 #38C39E #38A3C3
triadic
#38C39E #9E38C3 #C39E38
tetradic
#38C39E #5938C3 #C3385D #A3C338
square
#38C39E #5938C3 #C3385D #A3C338
split-complementary
#38C39E #C338A3 #C35938
monochromatic
#1D6451 #2A9377 #38C39E #65D3B6 #95E1CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22
#38C39E on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.47
#38C39E on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C39E
9.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##38C39E#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##38C39E1.002.229.479.47
#FFFFFF2.221.0021.0021.00
#0000009.4721.001.001.00
##0000009.4721.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#BDB69C
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#ABA9A1
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00C5B8
Achromatopsia (no color)
#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #38c39e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 195, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.129 170.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82d6ba',
    500: '#38c39e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #38c39e;
$custom-light: #82d6ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#38c39e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 164.029,
    "s": 55.378,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73471,
    "c": 0.12903,
    "h": 170.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.4234
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#38C39E
secondary
#CC8B9C
accent
#4971DF
background
#F8FDFB
surface
#F0FAF6
border
#CBD3D0
text
#0C1411
muted
#7D8380

Preview Lab

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#38C39E Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva