#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
RGB	rgb(56, 201, 156)
HSL	hsl(161, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(161, 72%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.1%, 0%, 22.4%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.90, -48.47, 11.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.90, 49.86, 166.44°)
OKLab	oklab(74.93% -0.1343 0.0299)
OKLCH	oklch(74.93% 0.138 167.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.5150, 45.0110, 38.6312)
Luminance	0.4501 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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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
##38C99C	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)

#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

Preview with #38C99C

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

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