#38BD99#38BD99

#38BD99 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.125 H 170.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38BD99
RGB	rgb(56, 189, 153)
HSL	hsl(164, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(164, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.4%, 0%, 19%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.14, -44.17, 7.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.14, 44.88, 169.78°)
OKLab	oklab(71.82% -0.1237 0.0203)
OKLCH	oklch(71.82% 0.125 170.7)
XYZ	xyz(25.5753, 39.5329, 36.4135)
Luminance	0.3954 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38BD99 #BD385C

analogous

#38BD56 #38BD99 #389FBD

triadic

#38BD99 #9938BD #BD9938

tetradic

#38BD99 #5638BD #BD385C #9FBD38

square

#38BD99 #5638BD #BD385C #9FBD38

split-complementary

#38BD99 #BD389F #BD5638

monochromatic

#1C5F4D #2A8E73 #38BD99 #62D0B2 #91DEC9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#38BD99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.91

#38BD99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BD99

8.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38BD99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38BD99	1.00	2.36	8.91	8.91
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7B097

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6A39B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38bd99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 189, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.125 170.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80d2b7',
    500: '#38bd99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38bd99;
$custom-light: #80d2b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38bd99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 163.759,
    "s": 54.286,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71822,
    "c": 0.12533,
    "h": 170.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39536
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38BD99

secondary

#C98799

accent

#4A72DE

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1411

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #38BD99

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

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