#38C78F#38C78F

#38C78F is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.437; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.145 H 162.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#38C78F
RGBrgb(56, 199, 143)
HSLhsl(157, 56%, 50%)
HSVhsv(157, 72%, 78%)
CMYKcmyk(71.9%, 0%, 28.1%, 22%)
CIE-LABlab(72.01, -50.61, 17.41)
CIE-LCHlch(72.01, 53.52, 161.02°)
OKLaboklab(74.1% -0.1384 0.0443)
OKLCHoklch(74.1% 0.145 162.3)
XYZxyz(27.0094, 43.6676, 32.9865)
Luminance0.4367 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#38C78F #C73870
analogous
#38C747 #38C78F #38B8C7
triadic
#38C78F #8F38C7 #C78F38
tetradic
#38C78F #4738C7 #C73870 #B8C738
square
#38C78F #4738C7 #C73870 #B8C738
split-complementary
#38C78F #C738B8 #C74738
monochromatic
#1D674A #2B976D #38C78F #68D4AA #98E2C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16
#38C78F on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.73
#38C78F on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C78F
9.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##38C78F#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##38C78F1.002.169.739.73
#FFFFFF2.161.0021.0021.00
#0000009.7321.001.001.00
##0000009.7321.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#C4B88C
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#B2AB93
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00C7B8
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #38c78f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 199, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.145 162.3);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82d9b0',
    500: '#38c78f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #38c78f;
$custom-light: #82d9b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#38c78f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 156.503,
    "s": 56.078,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74103,
    "c": 0.14537,
    "h": 162.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.43671
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#38C78F
secondary
#CD8DA6
accent
#4884DF
background
#F8FDFA
surface
#F0FBF4
border
#CBD4CE
text
#0C1510
muted
#7D837F

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#38C78F Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva