#38D99C#38D99C

#38D99C is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.529; OKLCH L 78.9% C 0.157 H 162.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38D99C
RGB	rgb(56, 217, 156)
HSL	hsl(157, 68%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(157, 74%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.2%, 0%, 28.1%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.79, -54.86, 18.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.79, 57.91, 161.32°)
OKLab	oklab(78.95% -0.15 0.0472)
OKLCH	oklch(78.95% 0.157 162.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.4410, 52.8629, 39.9399)
Luminance	0.5287 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38D99C #D93875

analogous

#38D94B #38D99C #38C5D9

triadic

#38D99C #9C38D9 #D99C38

tetradic

#38D99C #4B38D9 #D93875 #C5D938

square

#38D99C #4B38D9 #D93875 #C5D938

split-complementary

#38D99C #D938C5 #D94B38

monochromatic

#187E58 #22B27B #38D99C #6BE3B6 #9FEDCF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#38D99C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.57

#38D99C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38D99C

11.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38D99C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38D99C	1.00	1.81	11.57	11.57
#FFFFFF	1.81	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)

#D5C998

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1BAA0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D9C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38d99c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 217, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.9% 0.157 162.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86e6b9',
    500: '#38d99c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38d99c;
$custom-light: #86e6b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38d99c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 157.267,
    "s": 67.932,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78947,
    "c": 0.15725,
    "h": 162.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.52867
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38D99C

secondary

#863050

accent

#3D7FEB

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F4FCF8

border

#CED5D1

text

#0D1611

muted

#7F8481

Preview Lab

Preview with #38D99C

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

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