#38D799#38D799

#38D799 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.517; OKLCH L 78.4% C 0.157 H 161.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38D799
RGB	rgb(56, 215, 153)
HSL	hsl(157, 67%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(157, 74%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(74%, 0%, 28.8%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.12, -54.73, 19.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.12, 58.00, 160.67°)
OKLab	oklab(78.38% -0.1495 0.0488)
OKLCH	oklch(78.38% 0.157 161.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.6777, 51.7378, 38.4477)
Luminance	0.5174 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38D799 #D73876

analogous

#38D749 #38D799 #38C5D7

triadic

#38D799 #9938D7 #D79938

tetradic

#38D799 #4938D7 #D73876 #C5D738

square

#38D799 #4938D7 #D73876 #C5D738

split-complementary

#38D799 #D738C5 #D74938

monochromatic

#197C55 #23AF78 #38D799 #6BE1B3 #9EEBCD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#38D799 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.35

#38D799 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38D799

11.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38D799	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38D799	1.00	1.85	11.35	11.35
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4C795

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0B99D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D7C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38d799;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 215, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.4% 0.157 161.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85e4b7',
    500: '#38d799',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38d799;
$custom-light: #85e4b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38d799",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 215,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 156.604,
    "s": 66.527,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78376,
    "c": 0.15723,
    "h": 161.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.51742
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38D799

secondary

#833050

accent

#3E81E9

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F4FCF8

border

#CED5D1

text

#0D1611

muted

#7F8481

Preview Lab

Preview with #38D799

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

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