#38CC99#38CC99

#38CC99 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.463; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.144 H 165.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38CC99
RGB	rgb(56, 204, 153)
HSL	hsl(159, 59%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(159, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.5%, 0%, 25%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.75, -50.38, 14.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.75, 52.43, 163.94°)
OKLab	oklab(75.61% -0.1387 0.037)
OKLCH	oklch(75.61% 0.144 165.1)
XYZ	xyz(28.9703, 46.3230, 37.5452)
Luminance	0.4633 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38CC99 #CC386B

analogous

#38CC4F #38CC99 #38B5CC

triadic

#38CC99 #9938CC #CC9938

tetradic

#38CC99 #4F38CC #CC386B #B5CC38

square

#38CC99 #4F38CC #CC386B #B5CC38

split-complementary

#38CC99 #CC38B5 #CC4F38

monochromatic

#1C6E51 #299E76 #38CC99 #69D8B2 #99E5CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#38CC99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.27

#38CC99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38CC99

10.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38CC99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38CC99	1.00	2.05	10.27	10.27
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8BD96

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5B09C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CCBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38cc99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 204, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.144 165.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83dcb7',
    500: '#38cc99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38cc99;
$custom-light: #83dcb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38cc99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 159.324,
    "s": 59.2,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75608,
    "c": 0.14357,
    "h": 165.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.46326
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38CC99

secondary

#D18FA6

accent

#457CE2

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FBF6

border

#CBD4D0

text

#0C1511

muted

#7D8380

Preview Lab

Preview with #38CC99

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

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