#38BE99#38BE99

#38BE99 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.400; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.127 H 170.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38BE99
RGB	rgb(56, 190, 153)
HSL	hsl(163, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(163, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.5%, 0%, 19.5%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.44, -44.59, 8.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.44, 45.38, 169.33°)
OKLab	oklab(72.08% -0.1247 0.0214)
OKLCH	oklch(72.08% 0.127 170.2)
XYZ	xyz(25.7911, 39.9646, 36.4855)
Luminance	0.3997 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38BE99 #BE385D

analogous

#38BE56 #38BE99 #38A0BE

triadic

#38BE99 #9938BE #BE9938

tetradic

#38BE99 #5638BE #BE385D #A0BE38

square

#38BE99 #5638BE #BE385D #A0BE38

split-complementary

#38BE99 #BE38A0 #BE5638

monochromatic

#1C5F4D #2A8F73 #38BE99 #62D1B2 #92DFC9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#38BE99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.99

#38BE99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BE99

8.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38BE99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38BE99	1.00	2.33	8.99	8.99
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9B197

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7A49C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38be99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 190, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.127 170.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81d2b7',
    500: '#38be99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38be99;
$custom-light: #81d2b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38be99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 163.433,
    "s": 54.472,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72075,
    "c": 0.12652,
    "h": 170.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39968
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38BE99

secondary

#CA889A

accent

#4A73DE

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FAF6

border

#CBD3D0

text

#0C1411

muted

#7D8380

Preview Lab

Preview with #38BE99

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

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