#38CD99#38CD99

#38CD99 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.468; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.145 H 164.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38CD99
RGB	rgb(56, 205, 153)
HSL	hsl(159, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(159, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.7%, 0%, 25.4%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.06, -50.78, 14.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.06, 52.93, 163.61°)
OKLab	oklab(75.86% -0.1397 0.0381)
OKLCH	oklch(75.86% 0.145 164.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.2088, 46.7999, 37.6247)
Luminance	0.4680 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38CD99 #CD386C

analogous

#38CD4E #38CD99 #38B6CD

triadic

#38CD99 #9938CD #CD9938

tetradic

#38CD99 #4E38CD #CD386C #B6CD38

square

#38CD99 #4E38CD #CD386C #B6CD38

split-complementary

#38CD99 #CD38B6 #CD4E38

monochromatic

#1C6F52 #28A076 #38CD99 #69D9B2 #9AE6CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#38CD99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.36

#38CD99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38CD99

10.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38CD99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38CD99	1.00	2.03	10.36	10.36
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9BE96

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6B09C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CDBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38cd99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 205, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.145 164.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83ddb7',
    500: '#38cd99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38cd99;
$custom-light: #83ddb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38cd99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 159.06,
    "s": 59.839,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7586,
    "c": 0.14481,
    "h": 164.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.46803
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38CD99

secondary

#D18FA6

accent

#457CE3

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FBF6

border

#CBD4D0

text

#0C1511

muted

#7D8380

Preview Lab

Preview with #38CD99

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

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