#38C48D#38C48D

#38C48D is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.422; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.143 H 162.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#38C48D
RGBrgb(56, 196, 141)
HSLhsl(156, 56%, 49%)
HSVhsv(156, 71%, 77%)
CMYKcmyk(71.4%, 0%, 28.1%, 23.1%)
CIE-LABlab(71.04, -49.85, 17.14)
CIE-LCHlch(71.04, 52.72, 161.03°)
OKLaboklab(73.29% -0.1364 0.0436)
OKLCHoklch(73.29% 0.143 162.3)
XYZxyz(26.1758, 42.2407, 31.9679)
Luminance0.4224 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#38C48D #C4386F
analogous
#38C447 #38C48D #38B5C4
triadic
#38C48D #8D38C4 #C48D38
tetradic
#38C48D #4738C4 #C4386F #B5C438
square
#38C48D #4738C4 #C4386F #B5C438
split-complementary
#38C48D #C438B5 #C44738
monochromatic
#1D6549 #2A946B #38C48D #66D3A8 #96E1C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22
#38C48D on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.45
#38C48D on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C48D
9.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##38C48D#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##38C48D1.002.229.459.45
#FFFFFF2.221.0021.0021.00
#0000009.4521.001.001.00
##0000009.4521.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#C1B68A
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#AFA991
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00C4B5
Achromatopsia (no color)
#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #38c48d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 196, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.143 162.3);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81d7ae',
    500: '#38c48d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #38c48d;
$custom-light: #81d7ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#38c48d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 156.429,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73293,
    "c": 0.1432,
    "h": 162.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.42244
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#38C48D
secondary
#CC8CA5
accent
#4984DF
background
#F8FDFA
surface
#F0FAF4
border
#CBD3CE
text
#0C1410
muted
#7D837F

Preview Lab

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#38C48D Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva