#38C699#38C699

#38C699 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.435; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.136 H 167.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#38C699
RGBrgb(56, 198, 153)
HSLhsl(161, 56%, 50%)
HSVhsv(161, 72%, 78%)
CMYKcmyk(71.7%, 0%, 22.7%, 22.4%)
CIE-LABlab(71.91, -47.94, 11.90)
CIE-LCHlch(71.91, 49.39, 166.05°)
OKLaboklab(74.1% -0.1327 0.0304)
OKLCHoklch(74.1% 0.136 167.1)
XYZxyz(27.5716, 43.5256, 37.0790)
Luminance0.4353 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#38C699 #C63865
analogous
#38C652 #38C699 #38ACC6
triadic
#38C699 #9938C6 #C69938
tetradic
#38C699 #5238C6 #C63865 #ACC638
square
#38C699 #5238C6 #C63865 #ACC638
split-complementary
#38C699 #C638AC #C65238
monochromatic
#1D674F #2B9674 #38C699 #67D4B2 #97E2CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16
#38C699 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.71
#38C699 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C699
9.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##38C699#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##38C6991.002.169.719.71
#FFFFFF2.161.0021.0021.00
#0000009.7121.001.001.00
##0000009.7121.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#C1B897
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#AFAB9C
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00C7B9
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #38c699;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 198, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.136 167.1);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82d8b7',
    500: '#38c699',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #38c699;
$custom-light: #82d8b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#38c699",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 160.986,
    "s": 55.906,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74095,
    "c": 0.1362,
    "h": 167.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.43529
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#38C699
secondary
#CD8DA1
accent
#4978DF
background
#F8FDFB
surface
#F0FAF6
border
#CBD3D0
text
#0C1511
muted
#7D8380

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#38C699 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva