#38C98B#38C98B

#38C98B is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.445; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.151 H 160.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#38C98B
RGBrgb(56, 201, 139)
HSLhsl(154, 57%, 50%)
HSVhsv(154, 72%, 79%)
CMYKcmyk(72.1%, 0%, 30.8%, 21.2%)
CIE-LABlab(72.54, -52.27, 20.29)
CIE-LCHlch(72.54, 56.07, 158.79°)
OKLaboklab(74.52% -0.1423 0.0514)
OKLCHoklch(74.52% 0.151 160.1)
XYZxyz(27.1749, 44.4750, 31.5734)
Luminance0.4448 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#38C98B #C93876
analogous
#38C943 #38C98B #38BEC9
triadic
#38C98B #8B38C9 #C98B38
tetradic
#38C98B #4338C9 #C93876 #BEC938
square
#38C98B #4338C9 #C93876 #BEC938
split-complementary
#38C98B #C938BE #C94338
monochromatic
#1D6A49 #2A9A6A #38C98B #68D6A7 #98E3C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12
#38C98B on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.90
#38C98B on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C98B
9.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##38C98B#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##38C98B1.002.129.909.90
#FFFFFF2.121.0021.0021.00
#0000009.9021.001.001.00
##0000009.9021.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#C7BA87
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#B4AD8F
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00C8B9
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #38c98b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 201, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.151 160.1);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82daad',
    500: '#38c98b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #38c98b;
$custom-light: #82daad;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#38c98b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 154.345,
    "s": 57.312,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7452,
    "c": 0.15131,
    "h": 160.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.44478
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#38C98B
secondary
#CF8EAA
accent
#4789E1
background
#F8FDFA
surface
#F0FBF4
border
#CBD4CE
text
#0C1510
muted
#7D837F

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#38C98B Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva