#38AF99#38AF99

#38AF99 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.338; OKLCH L 68.3% C 0.109 H 177.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38AF99
RGB	rgb(56, 175, 153)
HSL	hsl(169, 52%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(169, 68%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(68%, 0%, 12.6%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.80, -38.03, 1.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.80, 38.07, 177.42°)
OKLab	oklab(68.28% -0.1092 0.004)
OKLCH	oklch(68.28% 0.109 177.9)
XYZ	xyz(22.7078, 33.7980, 35.4577)
Luminance	0.3380 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38AF99 #AF384E

analogous

#38AF5E #38AF99 #3889AF

triadic

#38AF99 #9938AF #AF9938

tetradic

#38AF99 #5E38AF #AF384E #89AF38

square

#38AF99 #5E38AF #AF384E #89AF38

split-complementary

#38AF99 #AF3889 #AF5E38

monochromatic

#1A5248 #298170 #38AF99 #5ACAB5 #88D9CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#38AF99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.76

#38AF99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38AF99

7.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38AF99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38AF99	1.00	2.71	7.76	7.76
#FFFFFF	2.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8A498

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97989B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B2A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38af99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 175, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.3% 0.109 177.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ec7b7',
    500: '#38af99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38af99;
$custom-light: #7ec7b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38af99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.908,
    "s": 51.515,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68282,
    "c": 0.10931,
    "h": 177.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.33801
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38AF99

secondary

#C3808C

accent

#4D67DB

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#EFF8F6

border

#CAD1D0

text

#0B1311

muted

#7C8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #38AF99

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

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