#38BC99#38BC99

#38BC99 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.124 H 171.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38BC99
RGB	rgb(56, 188, 153)
HSL	hsl(164, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(164, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.2%, 0%, 18.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.83, -43.74, 7.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.83, 44.38, 170.24°)
OKLab	oklab(71.57% -0.1226 0.0192)
OKLCH	oklch(71.57% 0.124 171.1)
XYZ	xyz(25.3609, 39.1042, 36.3421)
Luminance	0.3911 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38BC99 #BC385B

analogous

#38BC57 #38BC99 #389DBC

triadic

#38BC99 #9938BC #BC9938

tetradic

#38BC99 #5738BC #BC385B #9DBC38

square

#38BC99 #5738BC #BC385B #9DBC38

split-complementary

#38BC99 #BC389D #BC5738

monochromatic

#1C5E4C #2A8D73 #38BC99 #61D0B3 #90DEC9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#38BC99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.82

#38BC99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BC99

8.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38BC99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38BC99	1.00	2.38	8.82	8.82
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6B097

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5A39B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38bc99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 188, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.124 171.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80d1b7',
    500: '#38bc99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38bc99;
$custom-light: #80d1b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38bc99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 164.091,
    "s": 54.098,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71569,
    "c": 0.12414,
    "h": 171.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.39107
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38BC99

secondary

#C98798

accent

#4A71DD

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1411

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #38BC99

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

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