#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
RGB	rgb(56, 217, 155)
HSL	hsl(157, 68%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(157, 74%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.2%, 0%, 28.6%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.77, -55.08, 19.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.77, 58.27, 160.93°)
OKLab	oklab(78.92% -0.1505 0.0484)
OKLCH	oklch(78.92% 0.158 162.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.3567, 52.8292, 39.4957)
Luminance	0.5283 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

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
##38D99B	1.00	1.82	11.57	11.57
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #38D99B

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

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