#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
RGBrgb(56, 197, 153)
HSLhsl(161, 56%, 50%)
HSVhsv(161, 72%, 77%)
CMYKcmyk(71.6%, 0%, 22.3%, 22.7%)
CIE-LABlab(71.60, -47.52, 11.47)
CIE-LCHlch(71.60, 48.89, 166.43°)
OKLaboklab(73.84% -0.1317 0.0293)
OKLCHoklch(73.84% 0.135 167.4)
XYZxyz(27.3438, 43.0700, 37.0031)
Luminance0.4307 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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
##38C5991.002.189.619.61
#FFFFFF2.181.0021.0021.00
#0000009.6121.001.001.00
##0000009.6121.001.001.00

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

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#38C599 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva