#38BA99#38BA99

#38BA99 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.383; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.122 H 172.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38BA99
RGB	rgb(56, 186, 153)
HSL	hsl(165, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(165, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.9%, 0%, 17.7%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.21, -42.88, 6.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.21, 43.39, 171.21°)
OKLab	oklab(71.06% -0.1206 0.0169)
OKLCH	oklch(71.06% 0.122 172)
XYZ	xyz(24.9366, 38.2556, 36.2007)
Luminance	0.3826 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38BA99 #BA3859

analogous

#38BA58 #38BA99 #389ABA

triadic

#38BA99 #9938BA #BA9938

tetradic

#38BA99 #5838BA #BA3859 #9ABA38

square

#38BA99 #5838BA #BA3859 #9ABA38

split-complementary

#38BA99 #BA389A #BA5838

monochromatic

#1C5C4C #2A8B72 #38BA99 #60CFB3 #8FDDC9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#38BA99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.65

#38BA99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BA99

8.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38BA99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38BA99	1.00	2.43	8.65	8.65
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4AE97

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3A19B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38ba99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 186, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.122 172.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80cfb7',
    500: '#38ba99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38ba99;
$custom-light: #80cfb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38ba99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 164.769,
    "s": 53.719,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71064,
    "c": 0.12178,
    "h": 172
  },
  "luminance": 0.38258
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38BA99

secondary

#C88697

accent

#4B70DD

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1411

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #38BA99

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

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