#38CB9A#38CB9A

#38CB9A is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.459; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.142 H 165.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#38CB9A
RGBrgb(56, 203, 154)
HSLhsl(160, 59%, 51%)
HSVhsv(160, 72%, 80%)
CMYKcmyk(72.4%, 0%, 24.1%, 20.4%)
CIE-LABlab(73.47, -49.75, 13.57)
CIE-LCHlch(73.47, 51.56, 164.75°)
OKLaboklab(75.38% -0.1372 0.0347)
OKLCHoklch(75.38% 0.142 165.8)
XYZxyz(28.8163, 45.8823, 37.9031)
Luminance0.4589 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#38CB9A #CB3869
analogous
#38CB50 #38CB9A #38B2CB
triadic
#38CB9A #9A38CB #CB9A38
tetradic
#38CB9A #5038CB #CB3869 #B2CB38
square
#38CB9A #5038CB #CB3869 #B2CB38
split-complementary
#38CB9A #CB38B2 #CB5038
monochromatic
#1C6C52 #299D76 #38CB9A #69D8B3 #99E4CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06
#38CB9A on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.18
#38CB9A on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38CB9A
10.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##38CB9A#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##38CB9A1.002.0610.1810.18
#FFFFFF2.061.0021.0021.00
#00000010.1821.001.001.00
##00000010.1821.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#C7BD97
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#B4AF9D
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00CBBD
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #38cb9a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 203, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.142 165.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83dcb7',
    500: '#38cb9a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #38cb9a;
$custom-light: #83dcb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#38cb9a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 160,
    "s": 58.566,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75381,
    "c": 0.14156,
    "h": 165.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.45886
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#38CB9A
secondary
#D08FA5
accent
#467AE2
background
#F8FDFB
surface
#F0FBF6
border
#CBD4D0
text
#0C1511
muted
#7D8380

Preview Lab

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#38CB9A Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva