#38BF99#38BF99

#38BF99 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.128 H 169.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38BF99
RGB	rgb(56, 191, 153)
HSL	hsl(163, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(163, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.7%, 0%, 19.9%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.75, -45.02, 8.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.75, 45.88, 168.89°)
OKLab	oklab(72.33% -0.1257 0.0226)
OKLCH	oklch(72.33% 0.128 169.8)
XYZ	xyz(26.0084, 40.3993, 36.5579)
Luminance	0.4040 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38BF99 #BF385E

analogous

#38BF55 #38BF99 #38A1BF

triadic

#38BF99 #9938BF #BF9938

tetradic

#38BF99 #5538BF #BF385E #A1BF38

square

#38BF99 #5538BF #BF385E #A1BF38

split-complementary

#38BF99 #BF38A1 #BF5538

monochromatic

#1C604D #2A9073 #38BF99 #63D1B2 #92DFC9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#38BF99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.08

#38BF99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BF99

9.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38BF99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38BF99	1.00	2.31	9.08	9.08
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAB297

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8A59C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38bf99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 191, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.128 169.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81d3b7',
    500: '#38bf99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38bf99;
$custom-light: #81d3b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38bf99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 163.111,
    "s": 54.656,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72328,
    "c": 0.12771,
    "h": 169.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.40402
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38BF99

secondary

#CA899B

accent

#4A74DE

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FAF6

border

#CBD3D0

text

#0C1411

muted

#7D8380

Preview Lab

Preview with #38BF99

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

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