#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
RGBrgb(56, 201, 155)
HSLhsl(161, 57%, 50%)
HSVhsv(161, 72%, 79%)
CMYKcmyk(72.1%, 0%, 22.9%, 21.2%)
CIE-LABlab(72.88, -48.70, 12.19)
CIE-LCHlch(72.88, 50.20, 165.94°)
OKLaboklab(74.9% -0.1348 0.0312)
OKLCHoklch(74.9% 0.138 167)
XYZxyz(28.4307, 44.9773, 38.1871)
Luminance0.4498 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familyteal

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
##38C99B1.002.1010.0010.00
#FFFFFF2.101.0021.0021.00
#00000010.0021.001.001.00
##00000010.0021.001.001.00

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

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#38C99B Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva