#38C69B#38C69B

#38C69B is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.436; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.135 H 168.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#38C69B
RGBrgb(56, 198, 155)
HSLhsl(162, 56%, 50%)
HSVhsv(162, 72%, 78%)
CMYKcmyk(71.7%, 0%, 21.7%, 22.4%)
CIE-LABlab(71.96, -47.46, 10.89)
CIE-LCHlch(71.96, 48.70, 167.08°)
OKLaboklab(74.15% -0.1318 0.0278)
OKLCHoklch(74.15% 0.135 168.1)
XYZxyz(27.7382, 43.5922, 37.9563)
Luminance0.4360 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#38C69B #C63863
analogous
#38C654 #38C69B #38AAC6
triadic
#38C69B #9B38C6 #C69B38
tetradic
#38C69B #5438C6 #C63863 #AAC638
square
#38C69B #5438C6 #C63863 #AAC638
split-complementary
#38C69B #C638AA #C65438
monochromatic
#1D6750 #2B9676 #38C69B #67D4B3 #97E2CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16
#38C69B on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.72
#38C69B on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C69B
9.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##38C69B#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##38C69B1.002.169.729.72
#FFFFFF2.161.0021.0021.00
#0000009.7221.001.001.00
##0000009.7221.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#C1B899
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#AEAB9E
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00C7BA
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #38c69b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 198, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.135 168.1);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82d8b8',
    500: '#38c69b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #38c69b;
$custom-light: #82d8b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#38c69b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 161.831,
    "s": 55.906,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74146,
    "c": 0.13472,
    "h": 168.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.43595
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#38C69B
secondary
#CD8DA0
accent
#4976DF
background
#F8FDFB
surface
#F0FAF6
border
#CBD3D0
text
#0C1511
muted
#7D8380

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#38C69B Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva