#38C595#38C595

#38C595 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.429; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.138 H 165.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#38C595
RGBrgb(56, 197, 149)
HSLhsl(160, 56%, 50%)
HSVhsv(160, 72%, 77%)
CMYKcmyk(71.6%, 0%, 24.4%, 22.7%)
CIE-LABlab(71.51, -48.46, 13.50)
CIE-LCHlch(71.51, 50.30, 164.43°)
OKLaboklab(73.74% -0.1336 0.0345)
OKLCHoklch(73.74% 0.138 165.5)
XYZxyz(27.0190, 42.9401, 35.2922)
Luminance0.4294 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#38C595 #C53868
analogous
#38C54E #38C595 #38AFC5
triadic
#38C595 #9538C5 #C59538
tetradic
#38C595 #4E38C5 #C53868 #AFC538
square
#38C595 #4E38C5 #C53868 #AFC538
split-complementary
#38C595 #C538AF #C54E38
monochromatic
#1D664D #2A9571 #38C595 #67D4AF #96E1C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19
#38C595 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.59
#38C595 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C595
9.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##38C595#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##38C5951.002.199.599.59
#FFFFFF2.191.0021.0021.00
#0000009.5921.001.001.00
##0000009.5921.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#C1B792
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#AFAA98
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00C5B8
Achromatopsia (no color)
#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #38c595;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 197, 149);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.138 165.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82d7b4',
    500: '#38c595',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #38c595;
$custom-light: #82d7b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#38c595",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 149
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 159.574,
    "s": 55.731,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73741,
    "c": 0.13801,
    "h": 165.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.42943
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#38C595
secondary
#CD8CA2
accent
#497CDF
background
#F8FDFB
surface
#F0FAF6
border
#CBD3D0
text
#0C1411
muted
#7D8380

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C595

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#38C595 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva