#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
RGB	rgb(56, 198, 153)
HSL	hsl(161, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(161, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.7%, 0%, 22.7%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.91, -47.94, 11.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.91, 49.39, 166.05°)
OKLab	oklab(74.1% -0.1327 0.0304)
OKLCH	oklch(74.1% 0.136 167.1)
XYZ	xyz(27.5716, 43.5256, 37.0790)
Luminance	0.4353 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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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
##38C699	1.00	2.16	9.71	9.71
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C699

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

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