#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
RGB	rgb(56, 217, 157)
HSL	hsl(158, 68%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(158, 74%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.2%, 0%, 27.6%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.81, -54.64, 18.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.81, 57.54, 161.72°)
OKLab	oklab(78.97% -0.1495 0.046)
OKLCH	oklch(78.97% 0.156 162.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.5260, 52.8969, 40.3877)
Luminance	0.5290 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

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
##38D99D	1.00	1.81	11.58	11.58
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

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

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