#38BB99#38BB99

#38BB99 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.123 H 171.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38BB99
RGB	rgb(56, 187, 153)
HSL	hsl(164, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(164, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.1%, 0%, 18.2%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.52, -43.31, 7.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.52, 43.88, 170.72°)
OKLab	oklab(71.32% -0.1216 0.018)
OKLCH	oklch(71.32% 0.123 171.6)
XYZ	xyz(25.1480, 38.6784, 36.2711)
Luminance	0.3868 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38BB99 #BB385A

analogous

#38BB57 #38BB99 #389CBB

triadic

#38BB99 #9938BB #BB9938

tetradic

#38BB99 #5738BB #BB385A #9CBB38

square

#38BB99 #5738BB #BB385A #9CBB38

split-complementary

#38BB99 #BB389C #BB5738

monochromatic

#1C5D4C #2A8C72 #38BB99 #61D0B3 #90DEC9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#38BB99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.74

#38BB99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BB99

8.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38BB99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38BB99	1.00	2.40	8.74	8.74
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5AF97

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4A29B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38bb99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 187, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.123 171.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80d0b7',
    500: '#38bb99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38bb99;
$custom-light: #80d0b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38bb99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 164.427,
    "s": 53.909,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71317,
    "c": 0.12296,
    "h": 171.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.38681
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38BB99

secondary

#C88698

accent

#4B71DD

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1411

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #38BB99

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

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