#38D399#38D399

#38D399 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.497; OKLCH L 77.4% C 0.152 H 163.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38D399
RGB	rgb(56, 211, 153)
HSL	hsl(158, 64%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(158, 73%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.5%, 0%, 27.5%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.90, -53.17, 17.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.90, 55.97, 161.78°)
OKLab	oklab(77.37% -0.1456 0.0446)
OKLCH	oklch(77.37% 0.152 163)
XYZ	xyz(30.6716, 49.7256, 38.1123)
Luminance	0.4973 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38D399 #D33872

analogous

#38D34B #38D399 #38C0D3

triadic

#38D399 #9938D3 #D39938

tetradic

#38D399 #4B38D3 #D33872 #C0D338

square

#38D399 #4B38D3 #D33872 #C0D338

split-complementary

#38D399 #D338C0 #D34B38

monochromatic

#1A7654 #25A977 #38D399 #6ADEB3 #9CE9CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#38D399 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.95

#38D399 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38D399

10.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38D399	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38D399	1.00	1.92	10.95	10.95
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFC396

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCB59D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D3C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38d399;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 211, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.152 163.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84e1b7',
    500: '#38d399',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38d399;
$custom-light: #84e1b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38d399",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 211,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 157.548,
    "s": 63.786,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7737,
    "c": 0.15225,
    "h": 163
  },
  "luminance": 0.49729
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38D399

secondary

#D592AB

accent

#417FE7

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FBF6

border

#CBD4D0

text

#0C1511

muted

#7D8380

Preview Lab

Preview with #38D399

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

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