#38C48E#38C48E

#38C48E is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.423; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.142 H 162.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#38C48E
RGBrgb(56, 196, 142)
HSLhsl(157, 56%, 49%)
HSVhsv(157, 71%, 77%)
CMYKcmyk(71.4%, 0%, 27.6%, 23.1%)
CIE-LABlab(71.06, -49.63, 16.63)
CIE-LCHlch(71.06, 52.34, 161.48°)
OKLaboklab(73.32% -0.1359 0.0424)
OKLCHoklch(73.32% 0.142 162.7)
XYZxyz(26.2505, 42.2706, 32.3615)
Luminance0.4227 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#38C48E #C4386E
analogous
#38C448 #38C48E #38B4C4
triadic
#38C48E #8E38C4 #C48E38
tetradic
#38C48E #4838C4 #C4386E #B4C438
square
#38C48E #4838C4 #C4386E #B4C438
split-complementary
#38C48E #C438B4 #C44838
monochromatic
#1D6549 #2A946C #38C48E #66D3A9 #96E1C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22
#38C48E on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.45
#38C48E on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C48E
9.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##38C48E#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##38C48E1.002.229.459.45
#FFFFFF2.221.0021.0021.00
#0000009.4521.001.001.00
##0000009.4521.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#C1B68B
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#AFA992
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00C4B5
Achromatopsia (no color)
#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #38c48e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 196, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.142 162.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81d7af',
    500: '#38c48e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #38c48e;
$custom-light: #81d7af;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#38c48e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 156.857,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73317,
    "c": 0.14238,
    "h": 162.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.42274
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#38C48E
secondary
#CC8CA5
accent
#4983DF
background
#F8FDFA
surface
#F0FAF4
border
#CBD3CE
text
#0C1410
muted
#7D837F

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#38C48E Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva