#38C78E#38C78E

#38C78E is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.436; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.146 H 161.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#38C78E
RGBrgb(56, 199, 142)
HSLhsl(156, 56%, 50%)
HSVhsv(156, 72%, 78%)
CMYKcmyk(71.9%, 0%, 28.6%, 22%)
CIE-LABlab(71.99, -50.83, 17.92)
CIE-LCHlch(71.99, 53.90, 160.58°)
OKLaboklab(74.08% -0.1389 0.0456)
OKLCHoklch(74.08% 0.146 161.8)
XYZxyz(26.9340, 43.6375, 32.5893)
Luminance0.4364 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#38C78E #C73871
analogous
#38C747 #38C78E #38B8C7
triadic
#38C78E #8E38C7 #C78E38
tetradic
#38C78E #4738C7 #C73871 #B8C738
square
#38C78E #4738C7 #C73871 #B8C738
split-complementary
#38C78E #C738B8 #C74738
monochromatic
#1D674A #2B976C #38C78E #68D4A9 #98E2C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16
#38C78E on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.73
#38C78E on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C78E
9.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##38C78E#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##38C78E1.002.169.739.73
#FFFFFF2.161.0021.0021.00
#0000009.7321.001.001.00
##0000009.7321.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#C4B88B
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#B2AB92
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00C7B8
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #38c78e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 199, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.146 161.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82d9af',
    500: '#38c78e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #38c78e;
$custom-light: #82d9af;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#38c78e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 156.084,
    "s": 56.078,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7408,
    "c": 0.1462,
    "h": 161.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.43641
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#38C78E
secondary
#CD8DA7
accent
#4885DF
background
#F8FDFA
surface
#F0FBF4
border
#CBD4CE
text
#0C1510
muted
#7D837F

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#38C78E Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva