#38CA98#38CA98

#38CA98 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.453; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.142 H 165.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#38CA98
RGBrgb(56, 202, 152)
HSLhsl(159, 58%, 51%)
HSVhsv(159, 72%, 79%)
CMYKcmyk(72.3%, 0%, 24.8%, 20.8%)
CIE-LABlab(73.12, -49.80, 14.14)
CIE-LCHlch(73.12, 51.77, 164.14°)
OKLaboklab(75.08% -0.1372 0.0361)
OKLCHoklch(75.08% 0.142 165.2)
XYZxyz(28.4158, 45.3455, 36.9546)
Luminance0.4535 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#38CA98 #CA386A
analogous
#38CA4F #38CA98 #38B3CA
triadic
#38CA98 #9838CA #CA9838
tetradic
#38CA98 #4F38CA #CA386A #B3CA38
square
#38CA98 #4F38CA #CA386A #B3CA38
split-complementary
#38CA98 #CA38B3 #CA4F38
monochromatic
#1D6B50 #299B74 #38CA98 #68D7B1 #99E4CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09
#38CA98 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.07
#38CA98 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38CA98
10.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##38CA98#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##38CA981.002.0910.0710.07
#FFFFFF2.091.0021.0021.00
#00000010.0721.001.001.00
##00000010.0721.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#C6BC95
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#B3AE9B
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00CABC
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #38ca98;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 202, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.142 165.2);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83dbb6',
    500: '#38ca98',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #38ca98;
$custom-light: #83dbb6;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#38ca98",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 159.452,
    "s": 57.937,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75079,
    "c": 0.14188,
    "h": 165.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.45349
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#38CA98
secondary
#CF8EA5
accent
#477CE1
background
#F8FDFB
surface
#F0FBF6
border
#CBD4D0
text
#0C1511
muted
#7D8380

Preview Lab

Preview with #38CA98

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#38CA98 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva