#38C78A#38C78A

#38C78A is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.435; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.150 H 160.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#38C78A
RGBrgb(56, 199, 138)
HSLhsl(154, 56%, 50%)
HSVhsv(154, 72%, 78%)
CMYKcmyk(71.9%, 0%, 30.7%, 22%)
CIE-LABlab(71.91, -51.69, 19.94)
CIE-LCHlch(71.91, 55.41, 158.91°)
OKLaboklab(73.99% -0.1408 0.0506)
OKLCHoklch(73.99% 0.15 160.2)
XYZxyz(26.6390, 43.5195, 31.0360)
Luminance0.4352 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#38C78A #C73875
analogous
#38C743 #38C78A #38BCC7
triadic
#38C78A #8A38C7 #C78A38
tetradic
#38C78A #4338C7 #C73875 #BCC738
square
#38C78A #4338C7 #C73875 #BCC738
split-complementary
#38C78A #C738BC #C74338
monochromatic
#1D6748 #2B9769 #38C78A #68D4A6 #98E2C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16
#38C78A on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.70
#38C78A on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C78A
9.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##38C78A#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##38C78A1.002.169.709.70
#FFFFFF2.161.0021.0021.00
#0000009.7021.001.001.00
##0000009.7021.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#C4B886
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#B3AB8E
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00C6B7
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #38c78a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 199, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.150 160.2);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82d9ac',
    500: '#38c78a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #38c78a;
$custom-light: #82d9ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#38c78a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 154.406,
    "s": 56.078,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73988,
    "c": 0.1496,
    "h": 160.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.43523
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#38C78A
secondary
#CD8DA9
accent
#4889DF
background
#F8FDFA
surface
#F0FBF4
border
#CBD4CE
text
#0C1510
muted
#7D837F

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#38C78A Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva