#38C99D#38C99D

#38C99D is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.450; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.137 H 167.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C99D
RGB	rgb(56, 201, 157)
HSL	hsl(162, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(162, 72%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.1%, 0%, 21.9%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.92, -48.23, 11.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.92, 49.51, 166.95°)
OKLab	oklab(74.95% -0.1339 0.0286)
OKLCH	oklch(74.95% 0.137 167.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.6001, 45.0450, 39.0790)
Luminance	0.4505 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C99D #C93864

analogous

#38C954 #38C99D #38ACC9

triadic

#38C99D #9D38C9 #C99D38

tetradic

#38C99D #5438C9 #C93864 #ACC938

square

#38C99D #5438C9 #C93864 #ACC938

split-complementary

#38C99D #C938AC #C95438

monochromatic

#1D6A52 #2A9A78 #38C99D #68D6B5 #98E3CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#38C99D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.01

#38C99D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C99D

10.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C99D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C99D	1.00	2.10	10.01	10.01
#FFFFFF	2.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4BB9B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1ADA0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CABD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c99d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 201, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.137 167.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83daba',
    500: '#38c99d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c99d;
$custom-light: #83daba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c99d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 161.793,
    "s": 57.312,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74953,
    "c": 0.13688,
    "h": 167.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.45048
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C99D

secondary

#CF8EA2

accent

#4776E1

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FBF6

border

#CBD4D0

text

#0C1511

muted

#7D8380

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C99D

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

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