#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
RGB	rgb(56, 193, 153)
HSL	hsl(162, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(162, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(71%, 0%, 20.7%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.37, -45.86, 9.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.37, 46.88, 168.03°)
OKLab	oklab(72.83% -0.1277 0.0248)
OKLCH	oklch(72.83% 0.13 169)
XYZ	xyz(26.4476, 41.2775, 36.7043)
Luminance	0.4128 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

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
##38C199	1.00	2.27	9.26	9.26
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #38C199

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

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