#38C487#38C487

#38C487 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.421; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.148 H 159.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#38C487
RGBrgb(56, 196, 135)
HSLhsl(154, 56%, 49%)
HSVhsv(154, 71%, 77%)
CMYKcmyk(71.4%, 0%, 31.1%, 23.1%)
CIE-LABlab(70.92, -51.15, 20.18)
CIE-LCHlch(70.92, 54.98, 158.47°)
OKLaboklab(73.16% -0.1392 0.0511)
OKLCHoklch(73.16% 0.148 159.8)
XYZxyz(25.7414, 42.0669, 29.6801)
Luminance0.4207 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#38C487 #C43875
analogous
#38C441 #38C487 #38BBC4
triadic
#38C487 #8738C4 #C48738
tetradic
#38C487 #4138C4 #C43875 #BBC438
square
#38C487 #4138C4 #C43875 #BBC438
split-complementary
#38C487 #C438BB #C44138
monochromatic
#1D6545 #2A9466 #38C487 #66D3A4 #96E1C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23
#38C487 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.41
#38C487 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C487
9.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##38C487#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##38C4871.002.239.419.41
#FFFFFF2.231.0021.0021.00
#0000009.4121.001.001.00
##0000009.4121.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#C2B583
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#B0A88B
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00C3B4
Achromatopsia (no color)
#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #38c487;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 196, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.148 159.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81d7aa',
    500: '#38c487',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #38c487;
$custom-light: #81d7aa;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#38c487",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 153.857,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73156,
    "c": 0.14831,
    "h": 159.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.4207
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#38C487
secondary
#CC8CA8
accent
#498ADF
background
#F8FDFA
surface
#F0FAF4
border
#CBD3CE
text
#0C1410
muted
#7D837F

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#38C487 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva