#38C99A#38C99A

#38C99A is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.449; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.139 H 166.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C99A
RGB	rgb(56, 201, 154)
HSL	hsl(161, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(161, 72%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.1%, 0%, 23.4%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.85, -48.93, 12.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.85, 50.55, 165.45°)
OKLab	oklab(74.88% -0.1353 0.0325)
OKLCH	oklch(74.88% 0.139 166.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.3471, 44.9438, 37.7466)
Luminance	0.4495 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C99A #C93867

analogous

#38C952 #38C99A #38AFC9

triadic

#38C99A #9A38C9 #C99A38

tetradic

#38C99A #5238C9 #C93867 #AFC938

square

#38C99A #5238C9 #C93867 #AFC938

split-complementary

#38C99A #C938AF #C95238

monochromatic

#1D6A51 #2A9A76 #38C99A #68D6B2 #98E3CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#38C99A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.99

#38C99A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C99A

9.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C99A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C99A	1.00	2.10	9.99	9.99
#FFFFFF	2.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4BB97

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2AD9D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CABC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c99a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 201, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.139 166.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83dab7',
    500: '#38c99a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c99a;
$custom-light: #83dab7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c99a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 160.552,
    "s": 57.312,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74877,
    "c": 0.13911,
    "h": 166.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.44947
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C99A

secondary

#CF8EA3

accent

#4779E1

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FBF6

border

#CBD4D0

text

#0C1511

muted

#7D8380

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C99A

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

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