#38CB99#38CB99

#38CB99 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.459; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.142 H 165.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38CB99
RGB	rgb(56, 203, 153)
HSL	hsl(160, 59%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(160, 72%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.4%, 0%, 24.6%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.45, -49.98, 14.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.45, 51.92, 164.28°)
OKLab	oklab(75.36% -0.1377 0.0359)
OKLCH	oklch(75.36% 0.142 165.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.7334, 45.8492, 37.4663)
Luminance	0.4585 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38CB99 #CB386A

analogous

#38CB4F #38CB99 #38B3CB

triadic

#38CB99 #9938CB #CB9938

tetradic

#38CB99 #4F38CB #CB386A #B3CB38

square

#38CB99 #4F38CB #CB386A #B3CB38

split-complementary

#38CB99 #CB38B3 #CB4F38

monochromatic

#1C6C51 #299D75 #38CB99 #69D8B2 #99E4CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#38CB99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.17

#38CB99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38CB99

10.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38CB99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38CB99	1.00	2.06	10.17	10.17
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7BC96

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4AF9C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CBBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38cb99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 203, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.142 165.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83dcb7',
    500: '#38cb99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38cb99;
$custom-light: #83dcb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38cb99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 159.592,
    "s": 58.566,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75356,
    "c": 0.14233,
    "h": 165.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.45853
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38CB99

secondary

#D08FA5

accent

#467BE2

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FBF6

border

#CBD4D0

text

#0C1511

muted

#7D8380

Preview Lab

Preview with #38CB99

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

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