#38CB8E#38CB8E

#38CB8E is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.455; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.151 H 160.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#38CB8E
RGBrgb(56, 203, 142)
HSLhsl(155, 59%, 51%)
HSVhsv(155, 72%, 80%)
CMYKcmyk(72.4%, 0%, 30%, 20.4%)
CIE-LABlab(73.22, -52.41, 19.62)
CIE-LCHlch(73.22, 55.97, 159.47°)
OKLaboklab(75.1% -0.1429 0.0498)
OKLCHoklch(75.1% 0.151 160.8)
XYZxyz(27.8664, 45.5024, 32.9001)
Luminance0.4551 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#38CB8E #CB3875
analogous
#38CB44 #38CB8E #38BECB
triadic
#38CB8E #8E38CB #CB8E38
tetradic
#38CB8E #4438CB #CB3875 #BECB38
square
#38CB8E #4438CB #CB3875 #BECB38
split-complementary
#38CB8E #CB38BE #CB4438
monochromatic
#1C6C4B #299D6D #38CB8E #69D8AA #99E4C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08
#38CB8E on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.10
#38CB8E on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38CB8E
10.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##38CB8E#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##38CB8E1.002.0810.1010.10
#FFFFFF2.081.0021.0021.00
#00000010.1021.001.001.00
##00000010.1021.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#C8BC8A
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#B6AE92
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00CABB
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #38cb8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 203, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.151 160.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83dcaf',
    500: '#38cb8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #38cb8e;
$custom-light: #83dcaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#38cb8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 155.102,
    "s": 58.566,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75096,
    "c": 0.15131,
    "h": 160.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.45506
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#38CB8E
secondary
#D08FAA
accent
#4687E2
background
#F8FDFA
surface
#F0FBF4
border
#CBD4CE
text
#0C1510
muted
#7D837F

Preview Lab

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#38CB8E Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva