#38C99F#38C99F

#38C99F is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.451; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.135 H 168.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C99F
RGB	rgb(56, 201, 159)
HSL	hsl(163, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(163, 72%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.1%, 0%, 20.9%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.97, -47.75, 10.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.97, 48.83, 167.98°)
OKLab	oklab(75.01% -0.1329 0.026)
OKLCH	oklch(75.01% 0.135 168.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.7722, 45.1139, 39.9856)
Luminance	0.4512 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C99F #C93862

analogous

#38C957 #38C99F #38AAC9

triadic

#38C99F #9F38C9 #C99F38

tetradic

#38C99F #5738C9 #C93862 #AAC938

square

#38C99F #5738C9 #C93862 #AAC938

split-complementary

#38C99F #C938AA #C95738

monochromatic

#1D6A54 #2A9A7A #38C99F #68D6B6 #98E3CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#38C99F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.02

#38C99F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C99F

10.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C99F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C99F	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)

#C4BB9D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1ADA2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CABD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c99f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 201, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.135 168.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83dabb',
    500: '#38c99f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c99f;
$custom-light: #83dabb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c99f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 162.621,
    "s": 57.312,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75006,
    "c": 0.13544,
    "h": 168.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.45117
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C99F

secondary

#CF8EA1

accent

#4774E1

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FBF6

border

#CBD4D0

text

#0C1511

muted

#7D8380

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C99F

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

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