#38C899#38C899

#38C899 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.444; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.139 H 166.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C899
RGB	rgb(56, 200, 153)
HSL	hsl(160, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(160, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(72%, 0%, 23.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.53, -48.76, 12.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.53, 50.40, 165.32°)
OKLab	oklab(74.6% -0.1347 0.0327)
OKLCH	oklch(74.6% 0.139 166.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.0318, 44.4459, 37.2324)
Luminance	0.4445 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C899 #C83867

analogous

#38C851 #38C899 #38AFC8

triadic

#38C899 #9938C8 #C89938

tetradic

#38C899 #5138C8 #C83867 #AFC838

square

#38C899 #5138C8 #C83867 #AFC838

split-complementary

#38C899 #C838AF #C85138

monochromatic

#1D6950 #2A9975 #38C899 #68D5B2 #98E3CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#38C899 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.89

#38C899 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C899

9.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C899	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C899	1.00	2.12	9.89	9.89
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3BA96

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1AC9C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C9BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c899;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 200, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.139 166.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82d9b7',
    500: '#38c899',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c899;
$custom-light: #82d9b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c899",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 160.417,
    "s": 56.693,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74599,
    "c": 0.13865,
    "h": 166.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.44449
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C899

secondary

#CE8EA3

accent

#4879E0

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FBF6

border

#CBD4D0

text

#0C1511

muted

#7D8380

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C899

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

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