#38CF99#38CF99

#38CF99 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.478; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.147 H 164.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38CF99
RGB	rgb(56, 207, 153)
HSL	hsl(159, 61%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(159, 73%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.9%, 0%, 26.1%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.68, -51.58, 15.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.68, 53.95, 162.98°)
OKLab	oklab(76.36% -0.1417 0.0403)
OKLCH	oklch(76.36% 0.147 164.1)
XYZ	xyz(29.6902, 47.7628, 37.7852)
Luminance	0.4777 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38CF99 #CF386E

analogous

#38CF4E #38CF99 #38BACF

triadic

#38CF99 #9938CF #CF9938

tetradic

#38CF99 #4E38CF #CF386E #BACF38

square

#38CF99 #4E38CF #CF386E #BACF38

split-complementary

#38CF99 #CF38BA #CF4E38

monochromatic

#1B7153 #27A376 #38CF99 #69DBB2 #9BE7CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#38CF99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.55

#38CF99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38CF99

10.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38CF99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38CF99	1.00	1.99	10.55	10.55
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBC096

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8B29D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CFC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38cf99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 207, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.147 164.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84dfb7',
    500: '#38cf99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38cf99;
$custom-light: #84dfb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38cf99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 207,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 158.543,
    "s": 61.134,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76364,
    "c": 0.14729,
    "h": 164.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.47766
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38CF99

secondary

#D390A8

accent

#447DE4

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FBF6

border

#CBD4D0

text

#0C1511

muted

#7D8380

Preview Lab

Preview with #38CF99

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

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