#38C49D#38C49D

#38C49D is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.428; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.131 H 169.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#38C49D
RGBrgb(56, 196, 157)
HSLhsl(163, 56%, 49%)
HSVhsv(163, 71%, 77%)
CMYKcmyk(71.4%, 0%, 19.9%, 23.1%)
CIE-LABlab(71.39, -46.15, 9.00)
CIE-LCHlch(71.39, 47.02, 168.97°)
OKLaboklab(73.7% -0.1289 0.023)
OKLCHoklch(73.7% 0.131 169.9)
XYZxyz(27.4534, 42.7517, 38.6968)
Luminance0.4275 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#38C49D #C4385F
analogous
#38C457 #38C49D #38A5C4
triadic
#38C49D #9D38C4 #C49D38
tetradic
#38C49D #5738C4 #C4385F #A5C438
square
#38C49D #5738C4 #C4385F #A5C438
split-complementary
#38C49D #C438A5 #C45738
monochromatic
#1D6551 #2A9477 #38C49D #66D3B5 #96E1CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20
#38C49D on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.55
#38C49D on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C49D
9.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##38C49D#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##38C49D1.002.209.559.55
#FFFFFF2.201.0021.0021.00
#0000009.5521.001.001.00
##0000009.5521.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#BFB79B
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#ACA9A0
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00C5B9
Achromatopsia (no color)
#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #38c49d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 196, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.131 169.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82d7ba',
    500: '#38c49d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #38c49d;
$custom-light: #82d7ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#38c49d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 163.286,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73696,
    "c": 0.1309,
    "h": 169.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.42755
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#38C49D
secondary
#CC8C9E
accent
#4973DF
background
#F8FDFB
surface
#F0FAF6
border
#CBD3D0
text
#0C1411
muted
#7D8380

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#38C49D Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva