#38C88F#38C88F

#38C88F is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.441; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.147 H 162.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#38C88F
RGBrgb(56, 200, 143)
HSLhsl(156, 57%, 50%)
HSVhsv(156, 72%, 78%)
CMYKcmyk(72%, 0%, 28.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LABlab(72.31, -51.01, 17.84)
CIE-LCHlch(72.31, 54.04, 160.73°)
OKLaboklab(74.36% -0.1394 0.0454)
OKLCHoklch(74.36% 0.147 162)
XYZxyz(27.2402, 44.1293, 33.0635)
Luminance0.4413 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#38C88F #C83871
analogous
#38C847 #38C88F #38B9C8
triadic
#38C88F #8F38C8 #C88F38
tetradic
#38C88F #4738C8 #C83871 #B9C838
square
#38C88F #4738C8 #C83871 #B9C838
split-complementary
#38C88F #C838B9 #C84738
monochromatic
#1D694B #2A996D #38C88F #68D5AA #98E3C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14
#38C88F on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.83
#38C88F on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C88F
9.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##38C88F#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##38C88F1.002.149.839.83
#FFFFFF2.141.0021.0021.00
#0000009.8321.001.001.00
##0000009.8321.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#C5B98C
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#B3AC93
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00C8B9
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #38c88f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 200, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.147 162.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82dab0',
    500: '#38c88f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #38c88f;
$custom-light: #82dab0;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#38c88f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 156.25,
    "s": 56.693,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74357,
    "c": 0.14664,
    "h": 162
  },
  "luminance": 0.44132
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#38C88F
secondary
#CE8EA7
accent
#4884E0
background
#F8FDFA
surface
#F0FBF4
border
#CBD4CE
text
#0C1510
muted
#7D837F

Preview Lab

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#38C88F Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva