#38C299#38C299

#38C299 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.417; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.131 H 168.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C299
RGB	rgb(56, 194, 153)
HSL	hsl(162, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(162, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.1%, 0%, 21.1%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.68, -46.28, 10.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.68, 47.38, 167.62°)
OKLab	oklab(73.08% -0.1287 0.026)
OKLCH	oklch(73.08% 0.131 168.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.6694, 41.7211, 36.7783)
Luminance	0.4172 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C299 #C23861

analogous

#38C254 #38C299 #38A6C2

triadic

#38C299 #9938C2 #C29938

tetradic

#38C299 #5438C2 #C23861 #A6C238

square

#38C299 #5438C2 #C23861 #A6C238

split-complementary

#38C299 #C238A6 #C25438

monochromatic

#1D634E #2A9374 #38C299 #65D2B2 #94E0CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#38C299 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.34

#38C299 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C299

9.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C299	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C299	1.00	2.25	9.34	9.34
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDB597

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABA79C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c299;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 194, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.131 168.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81d5b7',
    500: '#38c299',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c299;
$custom-light: #81d5b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c299",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 162.174,
    "s": 55.2,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73085,
    "c": 0.13133,
    "h": 168.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.41724
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C299

secondary

#CB8A9E

accent

#4976DF

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FAF6

border

#CBD3D0

text

#0C1411

muted

#7D8380

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C299

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

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