#38D99A#38D99A

#38D99A is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.528; OKLCH L 78.9% C 0.159 H 161.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38D99A
RGB	rgb(56, 217, 154)
HSL	hsl(157, 68%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(157, 74%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.2%, 0%, 29%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.75, -55.29, 19.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.75, 58.64, 160.53°)
OKLab	oklab(78.9% -0.1509 0.0497)
OKLCH	oklch(78.9% 0.159 161.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.2730, 52.7957, 39.0553)
Luminance	0.5280 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38D99A #D93877

analogous

#38D949 #38D99A #38C7D9

triadic

#38D99A #9A38D9 #D99A38

tetradic

#38D99A #4938D9 #D93877 #C7D938

square

#38D99A #4938D9 #D93877 #C7D938

split-complementary

#38D99A #D938C7 #D94938

monochromatic

#187E56 #22B27A #38D99A #6BE3B4 #9FEDCE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#38D99A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.56

#38D99A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38D99A

11.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38D99A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38D99A	1.00	1.82	11.56	11.56
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6C996

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2BA9E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D9C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38d99a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 217, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.9% 0.159 161.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85e6b8',
    500: '#38d99a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38d99a;
$custom-light: #85e6b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38d99a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 156.522,
    "s": 67.932,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78901,
    "c": 0.15889,
    "h": 161.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.528
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38D99A

secondary

#863051

accent

#3D81EB

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F4FCF8

border

#CED5D1

text

#0D1611

muted

#7F8481

Preview Lab

Preview with #38D99A

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

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