#38CA8C#38CA8C

#38CA8C is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.450; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.152 H 160.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#38CA8C
RGBrgb(56, 202, 140)
HSLhsl(155, 58%, 51%)
HSVhsv(155, 72%, 79%)
CMYKcmyk(72.3%, 0%, 30.7%, 20.8%)
CIE-LABlab(72.87, -52.45, 20.21)
CIE-LCHlch(72.87, 56.20, 158.93°)
OKLaboklab(74.8% -0.1428 0.0512)
OKLCHoklch(74.8% 0.152 160.3)
XYZxyz(27.4822, 44.9721, 32.0379)
Luminance0.4497 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#38CA8C #CA3876
analogous
#38CA43 #38CA8C #38BFCA
triadic
#38CA8C #8C38CA #CA8C38
tetradic
#38CA8C #4338CA #CA3876 #BFCA38
square
#38CA8C #4338CA #CA3876 #BFCA38
split-complementary
#38CA8C #CA38BF #CA4338
monochromatic
#1D6B4A #299B6B #38CA8C #68D7A8 #99E4C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10
#38CA8C on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.99
#38CA8C on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38CA8C
9.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##38CA8C#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##38CA8C1.002.109.999.99
#FFFFFF2.101.0021.0021.00
#0000009.9921.001.001.00
##0000009.9921.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#C7BB88
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#B5AE90
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00C9BA
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #38ca8c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 202, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.152 160.3);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82dbae',
    500: '#38ca8c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #38ca8c;
$custom-light: #82dbae;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#38ca8c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 154.521,
    "s": 57.937,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74797,
    "c": 0.15174,
    "h": 160.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.44975
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#38CA8C
secondary
#CF8EAA
accent
#4788E1
background
#F8FDFA
surface
#F0FBF4
border
#CBD4CE
text
#0C1510
muted
#7D837F

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#38CA8C Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva