#38AD99#38AD99

#38AD99 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.330; OKLCH L 67.8% C 0.107 H 179.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38AD99
RGB	rgb(56, 173, 153)
HSL	hsl(170, 51%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(170, 68%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.6%, 0%, 11.6%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.18, -37.13, 0.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.18, 37.13, 178.75°)
OKLab	oklab(67.78% -0.1071 0.0016)
OKLCH	oklch(67.78% 0.107 179.2)
XYZ	xyz(22.3215, 33.0253, 35.3289)
Luminance	0.3303 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38AD99 #AD384C

analogous

#38AD5F #38AD99 #3886AD

triadic

#38AD99 #9938AD #AD9938

tetradic

#38AD99 #5F38AD #AD384C #86AD38

square

#38AD99 #5F38AD #AD384C #86AD38

split-complementary

#38AD99 #AD3886 #AD5F38

monochromatic

#1A5147 #297F70 #38AD99 #59C9B6 #87D8CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.76

#38AD99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.61

#38AD99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38AD99

7.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38AD99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38AD99	1.00	2.76	7.61	7.61
#FFFFFF	2.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6A398

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95969B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B0A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38ad99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 173, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.8% 0.107 179.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ec6b7',
    500: '#38ad99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38ad99;
$custom-light: #7ec6b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38ad99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.744,
    "s": 51.092,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67776,
    "c": 0.10715,
    "h": 179.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.33028
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38AD99

secondary

#C27F8A

accent

#4D65DB

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#EFF8F6

border

#CAD1D0

text

#0B1311

muted

#7C8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #38AD99

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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