#38C199#38C199

#38C199 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.413; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.130 H 169.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#38C199
RGBrgb(56, 193, 153)
HSLhsl(162, 55%, 49%)
HSVhsv(162, 71%, 76%)
CMYKcmyk(71%, 0%, 20.7%, 24.3%)
CIE-LABlab(70.37, -45.86, 9.72)
CIE-LCHlch(70.37, 46.88, 168.03°)
OKLaboklab(72.83% -0.1277 0.0248)
OKLCHoklch(72.83% 0.13 169)
XYZxyz(26.4476, 41.2775, 36.7043)
Luminance0.4128 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#38C199 #C13860
analogous
#38C155 #38C199 #38A5C1
triadic
#38C199 #9938C1 #C19938
tetradic
#38C199 #5538C1 #C13860 #A5C138
square
#38C199 #5538C1 #C13860 #A5C138
split-complementary
#38C199 #C138A5 #C15538
monochromatic
#1C624E #2A9273 #38C199 #64D2B2 #94E0CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27
#38C199 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.26
#38C199 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C199
9.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##38C199#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##38C1991.002.279.269.26
#FFFFFF2.271.0021.0021.00
#0000009.2621.001.001.00
##0000009.2621.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#BCB497
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#AAA79C
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00C2B6
Achromatopsia (no color)
#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #38c199;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 193, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.130 169.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81d4b7',
    500: '#38c199',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #38c199;
$custom-light: #81d4b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#38c199",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 162.482,
    "s": 55.02,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72833,
    "c": 0.13012,
    "h": 169
  },
  "luminance": 0.41281
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#38C199
secondary
#CB8A9D
accent
#4975DE
background
#F8FDFB
surface
#F0FAF6
border
#CBD3D0
text
#0C1411
muted
#7D8380

Preview Lab

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#38C199 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva