#38D99B#38D99B

#38D99B is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.528; OKLCH L 78.9% C 0.158 H 162.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#38D99B
RGBrgb(56, 217, 155)
HSLhsl(157, 68%, 54%)
HSVhsv(157, 74%, 85%)
CMYKcmyk(74.2%, 0%, 28.6%, 14.9%)
CIE-LABlab(77.77, -55.08, 19.04)
CIE-LCHlch(77.77, 58.27, 160.93°)
OKLaboklab(78.92% -0.1505 0.0484)
OKLCHoklch(78.92% 0.158 162.2)
XYZxyz(32.3567, 52.8292, 39.4957)
Luminance0.5283 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#38D99B #D93876
analogous
#38D94A #38D99B #38C7D9
triadic
#38D99B #9B38D9 #D99B38
tetradic
#38D99B #4A38D9 #D93876 #C7D938
square
#38D99B #4A38D9 #D93876 #C7D938
split-complementary
#38D99B #D938C7 #D94A38
monochromatic
#187E57 #22B27A #38D99B #6BE3B5 #9FEDCF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82
#38D99B on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.57
#38D99B on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38D99B
11.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##38D99B#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##38D99B1.001.8211.5711.57
#FFFFFF1.821.0021.0021.00
#00000011.5721.001.001.00
##00000011.5721.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#D6C997
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C2BA9F
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00D9C8
Achromatopsia (no color)
#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #38d99b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 217, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.9% 0.158 162.2);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85e6b8',
    500: '#38d99b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #38d99b;
$custom-light: #85e6b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#38d99b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 156.894,
    "s": 67.932,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78924,
    "c": 0.15807,
    "h": 162.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.52833
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#38D99B
secondary
#863051
accent
#3D80EB
background
#FCFEFD
surface
#F4FCF8
border
#CED5D1
text
#0D1611
muted
#7F8481

Preview Lab

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#38D99B Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva