#38C48A#38C48A

#38C48A is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.422; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.146 H 161.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#38C48A
RGBrgb(56, 196, 138)
HSLhsl(155, 56%, 49%)
HSVhsv(155, 71%, 77%)
CMYKcmyk(71.4%, 0%, 29.6%, 23.1%)
CIE-LABlab(70.98, -50.51, 18.66)
CIE-LCHlch(70.98, 53.84, 159.72°)
OKLaboklab(73.22% -0.1378 0.0474)
OKLCHoklch(73.22% 0.146 161)
XYZxyz(25.9556, 42.1526, 30.8082)
Luminance0.4216 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#38C48A #C43872
analogous
#38C444 #38C48A #38B8C4
triadic
#38C48A #8A38C4 #C48A38
tetradic
#38C48A #4438C4 #C43872 #B8C438
square
#38C48A #4438C4 #C43872 #B8C438
split-complementary
#38C48A #C438B8 #C44438
monochromatic
#1D6547 #2A9468 #38C48A #66D3A6 #96E1C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23
#38C48A on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.43
#38C48A on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C48A
9.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##38C48A#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##38C48A1.002.239.439.43
#FFFFFF2.231.0021.0021.00
#0000009.4321.001.001.00
##0000009.4321.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#C1B587
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#B0A98E
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00C3B4
Achromatopsia (no color)
#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #38c48a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 196, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.146 161.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81d7ac',
    500: '#38c48a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #38c48a;
$custom-light: #81d7ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#38c48a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 155.143,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73224,
    "c": 0.14573,
    "h": 161
  },
  "luminance": 0.42156
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#38C48A
secondary
#CC8CA6
accent
#4987DF
background
#F8FDFA
surface
#F0FAF4
border
#CBD3CE
text
#0C1410
muted
#7D837F

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#38C48A Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva