#38CB8C#38CB8C

#38CB8C is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.454; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.153 H 160.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#38CB8C
RGBrgb(56, 203, 140)
HSLhsl(154, 59%, 51%)
HSVhsv(154, 72%, 80%)
CMYKcmyk(72.4%, 0%, 31%, 20.4%)
CIE-LABlab(73.18, -52.84, 20.63)
CIE-LCHlch(73.18, 56.72, 158.67°)
OKLaboklab(75.05% -0.1438 0.0523)
OKLCHoklch(75.05% 0.153 160)
XYZxyz(27.7176, 45.4429, 32.1164)
Luminance0.4545 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#38CB8C #CB3877
analogous
#38CB42 #38CB8C #38C0CB
triadic
#38CB8C #8C38CB #CB8C38
tetradic
#38CB8C #4238CB #CB3877 #C0CB38
square
#38CB8C #4238CB #CB3877 #C0CB38
split-complementary
#38CB8C #CB38C0 #CB4238
monochromatic
#1C6C4A #299D6B #38CB8C #69D8A8 #99E4C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08
#38CB8C on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.09
#38CB8C on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38CB8C
10.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##38CB8C#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##38CB8C1.002.0810.0910.09
#FFFFFF2.081.0021.0021.00
#00000010.0921.001.001.00
##00000010.0921.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#C9BC88
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#B6AE90
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00CABA
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #38cb8c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 203, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.153 160.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83dcae',
    500: '#38cb8c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #38cb8c;
$custom-light: #83dcae;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#38cb8c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 154.286,
    "s": 58.566,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75051,
    "c": 0.15302,
    "h": 160
  },
  "luminance": 0.45446
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#38CB8C
secondary
#D08FAB
accent
#4689E2
background
#F8FDFA
surface
#F0FBF4
border
#CBD4CE
text
#0C1510
muted
#7D837F

Preview Lab

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#38CB8C Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva