#38C798#38C798

#38C798 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.440; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.138 H 166.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#38C798
RGBrgb(56, 199, 152)
HSLhsl(160, 56%, 50%)
HSVhsv(160, 72%, 78%)
CMYKcmyk(71.9%, 0%, 23.6%, 22%)
CIE-LABlab(72.20, -48.58, 12.85)
CIE-LCHlch(72.20, 50.25, 165.19°)
OKLaboklab(74.32% -0.1342 0.0328)
OKLCHoklch(74.32% 0.138 166.3)
XYZxyz(27.7187, 43.9514, 36.7223)
Luminance0.4395 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#38C798 #C73867
analogous
#38C751 #38C798 #38AEC7
triadic
#38C798 #9838C7 #C79838
tetradic
#38C798 #5138C7 #C73867 #AEC738
square
#38C798 #5138C7 #C73867 #AEC738
split-complementary
#38C798 #C738AE #C75138
monochromatic
#1D674F #2B9774 #38C798 #68D4B1 #98E2C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14
#38C798 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.79
#38C798 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C798
9.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##38C798#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##38C7981.002.149.799.79
#FFFFFF2.141.0021.0021.00
#0000009.7921.001.001.00
##0000009.7921.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#C3B995
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#B0AC9B
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00C8BA
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #38c798;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 199, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.138 166.3);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82d9b6',
    500: '#38c798',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #38c798;
$custom-light: #82d9b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#38c798",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 160.28,
    "s": 56.078,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74322,
    "c": 0.13818,
    "h": 166.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.43955
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#38C798
secondary
#CD8DA2
accent
#487ADF
background
#F8FDFB
surface
#F0FAF6
border
#CBD3D0
text
#0C1511
muted
#7D8380

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#38C798 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva