#38C99E#38C99E

#38C99E is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.451; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.136 H 168.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C99E
RGB	rgb(56, 201, 158)
HSL	hsl(162, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(162, 72%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.1%, 0%, 21.4%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.94, -47.99, 10.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.94, 49.17, 167.46°)
OKLab	oklab(74.98% -0.1334 0.0273)
OKLCH	oklch(74.98% 0.136 168.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.6858, 45.0793, 39.5305)
Luminance	0.4508 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C99E #C93863

analogous

#38C955 #38C99E #38ABC9

triadic

#38C99E #9E38C9 #C99E38

tetradic

#38C99E #5538C9 #C93863 #ABC938

square

#38C99E #5538C9 #C93863 #ABC938

split-complementary

#38C99E #C938AB #C95538

monochromatic

#1D6A53 #2A9A79 #38C99E #68D6B5 #98E3CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#38C99E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.02

#38C99E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C99E

10.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C99E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C99E	1.00	2.10	10.02	10.02
#FFFFFF	2.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4BB9C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1ADA1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CABD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c99e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 201, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.136 168.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83daba',
    500: '#38c99e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c99e;
$custom-light: #83daba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c99e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 162.207,
    "s": 57.312,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74979,
    "c": 0.13615,
    "h": 168.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.45083
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C99E

secondary

#CF8EA1

accent

#4775E1

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FBF6

border

#CBD4D0

text

#0C1511

muted

#7D8380

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C99E

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

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