#38C591#38C591

#38C591 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.428; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.141 H 163.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#38C591
RGBrgb(56, 197, 145)
HSLhsl(158, 56%, 50%)
HSVhsv(158, 72%, 77%)
CMYKcmyk(71.6%, 0%, 26.4%, 22.7%)
CIE-LABlab(71.43, -49.37, 15.53)
CIE-LCHlch(71.43, 51.75, 162.53°)
OKLaboklab(73.64% -0.1355 0.0396)
OKLCHoklch(73.64% 0.141 163.7)
XYZxyz(26.7051, 42.8145, 33.6392)
Luminance0.4282 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#38C591 #C5386C
analogous
#38C54A #38C591 #38B3C5
triadic
#38C591 #9138C5 #C59138
tetradic
#38C591 #4A38C5 #C5386C #B3C538
square
#38C591 #4A38C5 #C5386C #B3C538
split-complementary
#38C591 #C538B3 #C54A38
monochromatic
#1D664B #2A956E #38C591 #67D4AB #96E1C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20
#38C591 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.56
#38C591 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C591
9.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##38C591#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##38C5911.002.209.569.56
#FFFFFF2.201.0021.0021.00
#0000009.5621.001.001.00
##0000009.5621.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#C1B78E
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#AFAA94
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00C5B7
Achromatopsia (no color)
#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #38c591;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 197, 145);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.141 163.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82d7b1',
    500: '#38c591',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #38c591;
$custom-light: #82d7b1;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#38c591",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 145
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 157.872,
    "s": 55.731,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73643,
    "c": 0.14119,
    "h": 163.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.42818
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#38C591
secondary
#CD8CA4
accent
#4980DF
background
#F8FDFA
surface
#F0FAF5
border
#CBD3CF
text
#0C1410
muted
#7D837F

Preview Lab

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#38C591 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva