#38C799#38C799

#38C799 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.440; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.137 H 166.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C799
RGB	rgb(56, 199, 153)
HSL	hsl(161, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(161, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.9%, 0%, 23.1%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.22, -48.35, 12.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.22, 49.90, 165.68°)
OKLab	oklab(74.35% -0.1337 0.0316)
OKLCH	oklch(74.35% 0.137 166.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.8009, 43.9843, 37.1554)
Luminance	0.4399 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C799 #C73866

analogous

#38C751 #38C799 #38AEC7

triadic

#38C799 #9938C7 #C79938

tetradic

#38C799 #5138C7 #C73866 #AEC738

square

#38C799 #5138C7 #C73866 #AEC738

split-complementary

#38C799 #C738AE #C75138

monochromatic

#1D6750 #2B9774 #38C799 #68D4B1 #98E2CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#38C799 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.80

#38C799 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C799

9.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C799	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C799	1.00	2.14	9.80	9.80
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2B997

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0AC9C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C8BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c799;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 199, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.137 166.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82d9b7',
    500: '#38c799',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c799;
$custom-light: #82d9b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c799",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 160.699,
    "s": 56.078,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74347,
    "c": 0.13742,
    "h": 166.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.43988
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C799

secondary

#CD8DA2

accent

#4879DF

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FAF6

border

#CBD3D0

text

#0C1511

muted

#7D8380

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C799

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

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