#38C099#38C099

#38C099 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.129 H 169.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C099
RGB	rgb(56, 192, 153)
HSL	hsl(163, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(163, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.8%, 0%, 20.3%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.06, -45.44, 9.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.06, 46.38, 168.45°)
OKLab	oklab(72.58% -0.1267 0.0237)
OKLCH	oklch(72.58% 0.129 169.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.2273, 40.8369, 36.6309)
Luminance	0.4084 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C099 #C0385F

analogous

#38C055 #38C099 #38A3C0

triadic

#38C099 #9938C0 #C09938

tetradic

#38C099 #5538C0 #C0385F #A3C038

square

#38C099 #5538C0 #C0385F #A3C038

split-complementary

#38C099 #C038A3 #C05538

monochromatic

#1C614D #2A9173 #38C099 #64D2B2 #93DFCA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#38C099 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.17

#38C099 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C099

9.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C099	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C099	1.00	2.29	9.17	9.17
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBB397

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9A69C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c099;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 192, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.129 169.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81d4b7',
    500: '#38c099',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c099;
$custom-light: #81d4b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c099",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 162.794,
    "s": 54.839,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7258,
    "c": 0.12892,
    "h": 169.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.4084
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C099

secondary

#CB899C

accent

#4A74DE

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FAF6

border

#CBD3D0

text

#0C1411

muted

#7D8380

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C099

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

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