#38C999#38C999

#38C999 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.449; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.140 H 166.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C999
RGB	rgb(56, 201, 153)
HSL	hsl(160, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(160, 72%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.1%, 0%, 23.9%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.83, -49.17, 13.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.83, 50.91, 164.96°)
OKLab	oklab(74.85% -0.1357 0.0338)
OKLCH	oklch(74.85% 0.14 166)
XYZ	xyz(28.2641, 44.9106, 37.3098)
Luminance	0.4491 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C999 #C93868

analogous

#38C950 #38C999 #38B0C9

triadic

#38C999 #9938C9 #C99938

tetradic

#38C999 #5038C9 #C93868 #B0C938

square

#38C999 #5038C9 #C93868 #B0C938

split-complementary

#38C999 #C938B0 #C95038

monochromatic

#1D6A50 #2A9A75 #38C999 #68D6B2 #98E3CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#38C999 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.98

#38C999 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C999

9.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C999	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C999	1.00	2.10	9.98	9.98
#FFFFFF	2.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5BB96

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2AD9C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CABC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c999;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 201, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.140 166.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83dab7',
    500: '#38c999',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c999;
$custom-light: #83dab7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c999",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 160.138,
    "s": 57.312,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74852,
    "c": 0.13987,
    "h": 166
  },
  "luminance": 0.44914
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C999

secondary

#CF8EA3

accent

#477AE1

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FBF6

border

#CBD4D0

text

#0C1511

muted

#7D8380

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C999

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

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