#38C599#38C599

#38C599 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.431; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.135 H 167.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C599
RGB	rgb(56, 197, 153)
HSL	hsl(161, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(161, 72%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.6%, 0%, 22.3%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.60, -47.52, 11.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.60, 48.89, 166.43°)
OKLab	oklab(73.84% -0.1317 0.0293)
OKLCH	oklch(73.84% 0.135 167.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.3438, 43.0700, 37.0031)
Luminance	0.4307 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C599 #C53864

analogous

#38C553 #38C599 #38AAC5

triadic

#38C599 #9938C5 #C59938

tetradic

#38C599 #5338C5 #C53864 #AAC538

square

#38C599 #5338C5 #C53864 #AAC538

split-complementary

#38C599 #C538AA #C55338

monochromatic

#1D664F #2A9574 #38C599 #67D4B2 #96E1CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#38C599 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.61

#38C599 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C599

9.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C599	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C599	1.00	2.18	9.61	9.61
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0B797

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEAA9C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C6B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c599;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 197, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.135 167.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82d7b7',
    500: '#38c599',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c599;
$custom-light: #82d7b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c599",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 161.277,
    "s": 55.731,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73843,
    "c": 0.13498,
    "h": 167.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.43073
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C599

secondary

#CD8CA0

accent

#4978DF

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FAF6

border

#CBD3D0

text

#0C1411

muted

#7D8380

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C599

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

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