#38C49B#38C49B

#38C49B is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.427; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.132 H 168.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#38C49B
RGBrgb(56, 196, 155)
HSLhsl(162, 56%, 49%)
HSVhsv(162, 71%, 77%)
CMYKcmyk(71.4%, 0%, 20.9%, 23.1%)
CIE-LABlab(71.34, -46.63, 10.02)
CIE-LCHlch(71.34, 47.70, 167.88°)
OKLaboklab(73.64% -0.1298 0.0256)
OKLCHoklch(73.64% 0.132 168.8)
XYZxyz(27.2841, 42.6840, 37.8049)
Luminance0.4269 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#38C49B #C43861
analogous
#38C455 #38C49B #38A7C4
triadic
#38C49B #9B38C4 #C49B38
tetradic
#38C49B #5538C4 #C43861 #A7C438
square
#38C49B #5538C4 #C43861 #A7C438
split-complementary
#38C49B #C438A7 #C45538
monochromatic
#1D6550 #2A9475 #38C49B #66D3B3 #96E1CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20
#38C49B on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.54
#38C49B on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C49B
9.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##38C49B#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##38C49B1.002.209.549.54
#FFFFFF2.201.0021.0021.00
#0000009.5421.001.001.00
##0000009.5421.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#BFB799
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#ACA99E
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00C5B8
Achromatopsia (no color)
#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #38c49b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 196, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.132 168.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82d7b8',
    500: '#38c49b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #38c49b;
$custom-light: #82d7b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#38c49b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 162.429,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73642,
    "c": 0.13231,
    "h": 168.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.42687
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#38C49B
secondary
#CC8C9F
accent
#4975DF
background
#F8FDFB
surface
#F0FAF6
border
#CBD3D0
text
#0C1411
muted
#7D8380

Preview Lab

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#38C49B Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva