#38C68B#38C68B

#38C68B is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.431; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.147 H 160.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#38C68B
RGBrgb(56, 198, 139)
HSLhsl(155, 56%, 50%)
HSVhsv(155, 72%, 78%)
CMYKcmyk(71.7%, 0%, 29.8%, 22.4%)
CIE-LABlab(71.62, -51.08, 19.01)
CIE-LCHlch(71.62, 54.51, 159.59°)
OKLaboklab(73.76% -0.1393 0.0483)
OKLCHoklch(73.76% 0.147 160.9)
XYZxyz(26.4824, 43.0899, 31.3426)
Luminance0.4309 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#38C68B #C63873
analogous
#38C644 #38C68B #38BAC6
triadic
#38C68B #8B38C6 #C68B38
tetradic
#38C68B #4438C6 #C63873 #BAC638
square
#38C68B #4438C6 #C63873 #BAC638
split-complementary
#38C68B #C638BA #C64438
monochromatic
#1D6748 #2B966A #38C68B #67D4A7 #97E2C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18
#38C68B on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.62
#38C68B on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C68B
9.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##38C68B#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##38C68B1.002.189.629.62
#FFFFFF2.181.0021.0021.00
#0000009.6221.001.001.00
##0000009.6221.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#C3B788
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#B1AA8F
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00C5B6
Achromatopsia (no color)
#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #38c68b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 198, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.147 160.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82d8ad',
    500: '#38c68b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #38c68b;
$custom-light: #82d8ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#38c68b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 155.07,
    "s": 55.906,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73756,
    "c": 0.14746,
    "h": 160.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.43093
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#38C68B
secondary
#CD8DA7
accent
#4987DF
background
#F8FDFA
surface
#F0FAF4
border
#CBD3CE
text
#0C1510
muted
#7D837F

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#38C68B Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva