#38C78C#38C78C

#38C78C is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.436; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.148 H 161.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#38C78C
RGBrgb(56, 199, 140)
HSLhsl(155, 56%, 50%)
HSVhsv(155, 72%, 78%)
CMYKcmyk(71.9%, 0%, 29.6%, 22%)
CIE-LABlab(71.95, -51.27, 18.93)
CIE-LCHlch(71.95, 54.65, 159.74°)
OKLaboklab(74.03% -0.1399 0.0481)
OKLCHoklch(74.03% 0.148 161)
XYZxyz(26.7852, 43.5780, 31.8056)
Luminance0.4358 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#38C78C #C73873
analogous
#38C745 #38C78C #38BAC7
triadic
#38C78C #8C38C7 #C78C38
tetradic
#38C78C #4538C7 #C73873 #BAC738
square
#38C78C #4538C7 #C73873 #BAC738
split-complementary
#38C78C #C738BA #C74538
monochromatic
#1D6749 #2B976A #38C78C #68D4A8 #98E2C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16
#38C78C on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.72
#38C78C on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C78C
9.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##38C78C#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##38C78C1.002.169.729.72
#FFFFFF2.161.0021.0021.00
#0000009.7221.001.001.00
##0000009.7221.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#C4B889
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#B2AB90
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00C6B7
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #38c78c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 199, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.148 161.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82d9ad',
    500: '#38c78c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #38c78c;
$custom-light: #82d9ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#38c78c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 155.245,
    "s": 56.078,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74034,
    "c": 0.14789,
    "h": 161
  },
  "luminance": 0.43581
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#38C78C
secondary
#CD8DA8
accent
#4887DF
background
#F8FDFA
surface
#F0FBF4
border
#CBD4CE
text
#0C1510
muted
#7D837F

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#38C78C Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva