#38C99B#38C99B

#38C99B is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.450; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.138 H 167.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C99B
RGB	rgb(56, 201, 155)
HSL	hsl(161, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(161, 72%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.1%, 0%, 22.9%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.88, -48.70, 12.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.88, 50.20, 165.94°)
OKLab	oklab(74.9% -0.1348 0.0312)
OKLCH	oklch(74.9% 0.138 167)
XYZ	xyz(28.4307, 44.9773, 38.1871)
Luminance	0.4498 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C99B #C93866

analogous

#38C953 #38C99B #38AEC9

triadic

#38C99B #9B38C9 #C99B38

tetradic

#38C99B #5338C9 #C93866 #AEC938

square

#38C99B #5338C9 #C93866 #AEC938

split-complementary

#38C99B #C938AE #C95338

monochromatic

#1D6A51 #2A9A76 #38C99B #68D6B3 #98E3CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#38C99B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.00

#38C99B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C99B

10.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C99B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C99B	1.00	2.10	10.00	10.00
#FFFFFF	2.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4BB99

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2AD9E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CABC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c99b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 201, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.138 167.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83dab8',
    500: '#38c99b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c99b;
$custom-light: #83dab8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c99b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 160.966,
    "s": 57.312,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74902,
    "c": 0.13836,
    "h": 167
  },
  "luminance": 0.44981
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C99B

secondary

#CF8EA3

accent

#4778E1

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FBF6

border

#CBD4D0

text

#0C1511

muted

#7D8380

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C99B

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

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