#38C59A#38C59A

#38C59A is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.431; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.134 H 168.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#38C59A
RGBrgb(56, 197, 154)
HSLhsl(162, 56%, 50%)
HSVhsv(162, 72%, 77%)
CMYKcmyk(71.6%, 0%, 21.8%, 22.7%)
CIE-LABlab(71.63, -47.29, 10.96)
CIE-LCHlch(71.63, 48.54, 166.95°)
OKLaboklab(73.87% -0.1313 0.028)
OKLCHoklch(73.87% 0.134 168)
XYZxyz(27.4267, 43.1032, 37.4399)
Luminance0.4311 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#38C59A #C53863
analogous
#38C554 #38C59A #38AAC5
triadic
#38C59A #9A38C5 #C59A38
tetradic
#38C59A #5438C5 #C53863 #AAC538
square
#38C59A #5438C5 #C53863 #AAC538
split-complementary
#38C59A #C538AA #C55438
monochromatic
#1D664F #2A9575 #38C59A #67D4B2 #96E1CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18
#38C59A on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.62
#38C59A on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C59A
9.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##38C59A#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##38C59A1.002.189.629.62
#FFFFFF2.181.0021.0021.00
#0000009.6221.001.001.00
##0000009.6221.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#C0B798
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#AEAA9D
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00C6B9
Achromatopsia (no color)
#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #38c59a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 197, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.134 168.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82d7b7',
    500: '#38c59a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #38c59a;
$custom-light: #82d7b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#38c59a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 161.702,
    "s": 55.731,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73868,
    "c": 0.13424,
    "h": 168
  },
  "luminance": 0.43106
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#38C59A
secondary
#CD8CA0
accent
#4977DF
background
#F8FDFB
surface
#F0FAF6
border
#CBD3D0
text
#0C1411
muted
#7D8380

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#38C59A Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva