#38D99D#38D99D

#38D99D is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.529; OKLCH L 79.0% C 0.156 H 162.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#38D99D
RGBrgb(56, 217, 157)
HSLhsl(158, 68%, 54%)
HSVhsv(158, 74%, 85%)
CMYKcmyk(74.2%, 0%, 27.6%, 14.9%)
CIE-LABlab(77.81, -54.64, 18.05)
CIE-LCHlch(77.81, 57.54, 161.72°)
OKLaboklab(78.97% -0.1495 0.046)
OKLCHoklch(78.97% 0.156 162.9)
XYZxyz(32.5260, 52.8969, 40.3877)
Luminance0.5290 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#38D99D #D93874
analogous
#38D94C #38D99D #38C4D9
triadic
#38D99D #9D38D9 #D99D38
tetradic
#38D99D #4C38D9 #D93874 #C4D938
square
#38D99D #4C38D9 #D93874 #C4D938
split-complementary
#38D99D #D938C4 #D94C38
monochromatic
#187E58 #22B27C #38D99D #6BE3B6 #9FEDD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81
#38D99D on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.58
#38D99D on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38D99D
11.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##38D99D#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##38D99D1.001.8111.5811.58
#FFFFFF1.811.0021.0021.00
#00000011.5821.001.001.00
##00000011.5821.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#D5C99A
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C1BAA1
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00D9C9
Achromatopsia (no color)
#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #38d99d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 217, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.156 162.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86e6ba',
    500: '#38d99d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #38d99d;
$custom-light: #86e6ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#38d99d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 157.64,
    "s": 67.932,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7897,
    "c": 0.15644,
    "h": 162.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.52901
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#38D99D
secondary
#863050
accent
#3D7EEB
background
#FCFEFD
surface
#F4FCF8
border
#CED5D1
text
#0D1611
muted
#7F8481

Preview Lab

Preview with #38D99D

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#38D99D Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva