#38C48B#38C48B

#38C48B is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.422; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.145 H 161.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#38C48B
RGBrgb(56, 196, 139)
HSLhsl(156, 56%, 49%)
HSVhsv(156, 71%, 77%)
CMYKcmyk(71.4%, 0%, 29.1%, 23.1%)
CIE-LABlab(71.00, -50.29, 18.15)
CIE-LCHlch(71.00, 53.47, 160.15°)
OKLaboklab(73.25% -0.1373 0.0461)
OKLCHoklch(73.25% 0.145 161.4)
XYZxyz(26.0283, 42.1817, 31.1912)
Luminance0.4219 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#38C48B #C43871
analogous
#38C445 #38C48B #38B7C4
triadic
#38C48B #8B38C4 #C48B38
tetradic
#38C48B #4538C4 #C43871 #B7C438
square
#38C48B #4538C4 #C43871 #B7C438
split-complementary
#38C48B #C438B7 #C44538
monochromatic
#1D6547 #2A9469 #38C48B #66D3A7 #96E1C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23
#38C48B on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.44
#38C48B on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C48B
9.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##38C48B#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##38C48B1.002.239.449.44
#FFFFFF2.231.0021.0021.00
#0000009.4421.001.001.00
##0000009.4421.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#C1B588
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#AFA98F
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00C3B5
Achromatopsia (no color)
#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #38c48b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 196, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.145 161.4);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81d7ad',
    500: '#38c48b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #38c48b;
$custom-light: #81d7ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#38c48b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 155.571,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73247,
    "c": 0.14488,
    "h": 161.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.42185
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#38C48B
secondary
#CC8CA6
accent
#4986DF
background
#F8FDFA
surface
#F0FAF4
border
#CBD3CE
text
#0C1410
muted
#7D837F

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#38C48B Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva