#38B999#38B999

#38B999 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.378; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.121 H 172.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B999
RGB	rgb(56, 185, 153)
HSL	hsl(165, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(165, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.7%, 0%, 17.3%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.90, -42.45, 6.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.90, 42.90, 171.70°)
OKLab	oklab(70.81% -0.1196 0.0157)
OKLCH	oklch(70.81% 0.121 172.5)
XYZ	xyz(24.7267, 37.8358, 36.1307)
Luminance	0.3784 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B999 #B93858

analogous

#38B958 #38B999 #3899B9

triadic

#38B999 #9938B9 #B99938

tetradic

#38B999 #5838B9 #B93858 #99B938

square

#38B999 #5838B9 #B93858 #99B938

split-complementary

#38B999 #B93899 #B95838

monochromatic

#1C5B4B #2A8A72 #38B999 #5FCFB3 #8EDDC9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#38B999 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.57

#38B999 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B999

8.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B999	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B999	1.00	2.45	8.57	8.57
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3AD97

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2A09B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b999;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 185, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.121 172.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80cfb7',
    500: '#38b999',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b999;
$custom-light: #80cfb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b999",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165.116,
    "s": 53.527,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70811,
    "c": 0.12062,
    "h": 172.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.37839
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B999

secondary

#C88596

accent

#4B6FDD

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0B1411

muted

#7C8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B999

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

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