#38CB9F#38CB9F

#38CB9F is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.461; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.138 H 168.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#38CB9F
RGBrgb(56, 203, 159)
HSLhsl(162, 59%, 51%)
HSVhsv(162, 72%, 80%)
CMYKcmyk(72.4%, 0%, 21.7%, 20.4%)
CIE-LABlab(73.58, -48.58, 11.04)
CIE-LCHlch(73.58, 49.82, 167.20°)
OKLaboklab(75.51% -0.1349 0.0282)
OKLCHoklch(75.51% 0.138 168.2)
XYZxyz(29.2415, 46.0524, 40.1421)
Luminance0.4606 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#38CB9F #CB3864
analogous
#38CB55 #38CB9F #38ADCB
triadic
#38CB9F #9F38CB #CB9F38
tetradic
#38CB9F #5538CB #CB3864 #ADCB38
square
#38CB9F #5538CB #CB3864 #ADCB38
split-complementary
#38CB9F #CB38AD #CB5538
monochromatic
#1C6C54 #299D7A #38CB9F #69D8B6 #99E4CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06
#38CB9F on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.21
#38CB9F on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38CB9F
10.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##38CB9F#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##38CB9F1.002.0610.2110.21
#FFFFFF2.061.0021.0021.00
#00000010.2121.001.001.00
##00000010.2121.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#C6BD9D
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#B3AFA2
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00CCBF
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #38cb9f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 203, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.138 168.2);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83dcbb',
    500: '#38cb9f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #38cb9f;
$custom-light: #83dcbb;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#38cb9f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 162.041,
    "s": 58.566,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75508,
    "c": 0.13783,
    "h": 168.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.46056
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#38CB9F
secondary
#D08FA2
accent
#4675E2
background
#F8FDFB
surface
#F0FBF6
border
#CBD4D0
text
#0C1511
muted
#7D8380

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#38CB9F Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva