#38D99E#38D99E

#38D99E is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.529; OKLCH L 79.0% C 0.156 H 163.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#38D99E
RGBrgb(56, 217, 158)
HSLhsl(158, 68%, 54%)
HSVhsv(158, 74%, 85%)
CMYKcmyk(74.2%, 0%, 27.2%, 14.9%)
CIE-LABlab(77.83, -54.42, 17.55)
CIE-LCHlch(77.83, 57.18, 162.13°)
OKLaboklab(78.99% -0.1491 0.0447)
OKLCHoklch(78.99% 0.156 163.3)
XYZxyz(32.6117, 52.9312, 40.8391)
Luminance0.5293 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#38D99E #D93873
analogous
#38D94D #38D99E #38C4D9
triadic
#38D99E #9E38D9 #D99E38
tetradic
#38D99E #4D38D9 #D93873 #C4D938
square
#38D99E #4D38D9 #D93873 #C4D938
split-complementary
#38D99E #D938C4 #D94D38
monochromatic
#187E59 #22B27D #38D99E #6BE3B7 #9FEDD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81
#38D99E on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.59
#38D99E on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38D99E
11.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##38D99E#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##38D99E1.001.8111.5911.59
#FFFFFF1.811.0021.0021.00
#00000011.5921.001.001.00
##00000011.5921.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#D5C99B
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C1BAA2
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00D9C9
Achromatopsia (no color)
#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #38d99e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 217, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.156 163.3);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86e6ba',
    500: '#38d99e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #38d99e;
$custom-light: #86e6ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#38d99e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 158.012,
    "s": 67.932,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78993,
    "c": 0.15564,
    "h": 163.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.52935
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#38D99E
secondary
#86304F
accent
#3D7DEB
background
#FCFEFD
surface
#F4FCF8
border
#CED5D1
text
#0D1611
muted
#7F8481

Preview Lab

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#38D99E Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva