#38C69D#38C69D

#38C69D is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.437; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.133 H 169.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#38C69D
RGBrgb(56, 198, 157)
HSLhsl(163, 56%, 50%)
HSVhsv(163, 72%, 78%)
CMYKcmyk(71.7%, 0%, 20.7%, 22.4%)
CIE-LABlab(72.00, -46.99, 9.87)
CIE-LCHlch(72.00, 48.01, 168.13°)
OKLaboklab(74.2% -0.1309 0.0252)
OKLCHoklch(74.2% 0.133 169.1)
XYZxyz(27.9075, 43.6600, 38.8482)
Luminance0.4366 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#38C69D #C63861
analogous
#38C656 #38C69D #38A8C6
triadic
#38C69D #9D38C6 #C69D38
tetradic
#38C69D #5638C6 #C63861 #A8C638
square
#38C69D #5638C6 #C63861 #A8C638
split-complementary
#38C69D #C638A8 #C65638
monochromatic
#1D6751 #2B9677 #38C69D #67D4B5 #97E2CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16
#38C69D on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.73
#38C69D on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C69D
9.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##38C69D#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##38C69D1.002.169.739.73
#FFFFFF2.161.0021.0021.00
#0000009.7321.001.001.00
##0000009.7321.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#C1B89B
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#AEABA0
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00C7BA
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #38c69d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 198, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.133 169.1);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82d8ba',
    500: '#38c69d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #38c69d;
$custom-light: #82d8ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#38c69d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 162.676,
    "s": 55.906,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74199,
    "c": 0.13328,
    "h": 169.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.43663
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#38C69D
secondary
#CD8D9F
accent
#4974DF
background
#F8FDFB
surface
#F0FAF6
border
#CBD3D0
text
#0C1411
muted
#7D8380

Preview Lab

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#38C69D Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva