#38C99C#38C99C

#38C99C is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.450; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.138 H 167.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#38C99C
RGBrgb(56, 201, 156)
HSLhsl(161, 57%, 50%)
HSVhsv(161, 72%, 79%)
CMYKcmyk(72.1%, 0%, 22.4%, 21.2%)
CIE-LABlab(72.90, -48.47, 11.69)
CIE-LCHlch(72.90, 49.86, 166.44°)
OKLaboklab(74.93% -0.1343 0.0299)
OKLCHoklch(74.93% 0.138 167.5)
XYZxyz(28.5150, 45.0110, 38.6312)
Luminance0.4501 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#38C99C #C93865
analogous
#38C953 #38C99C #38AEC9
triadic
#38C99C #9C38C9 #C99C38
tetradic
#38C99C #5338C9 #C93865 #AEC938
square
#38C99C #5338C9 #C93865 #AEC938
split-complementary
#38C99C #C938AE #C95338
monochromatic
#1D6A52 #2A9A77 #38C99C #68D6B4 #98E3CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10
#38C99C on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.00
#38C99C on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C99C
10.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##38C99C#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##38C99C1.002.1010.0010.00
#FFFFFF2.101.0021.0021.00
#00000010.0021.001.001.00
##00000010.0021.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#C4BB9A
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#B1AD9F
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00CABC
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #38c99c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 201, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.138 167.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83dab9',
    500: '#38c99c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #38c99c;
$custom-light: #83dab9;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#38c99c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 161.379,
    "s": 57.312,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74928,
    "c": 0.13761,
    "h": 167.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.45014
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#38C99C
secondary
#CF8EA2
accent
#4777E1
background
#F8FDFB
surface
#F0FBF6
border
#CBD4D0
text
#0C1511
muted
#7D8380

Preview Lab

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#38C99C Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva