#38D99F#38D99F

#38D99F is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.530; OKLCH L 79.0% C 0.155 H 163.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38D99F
RGB	rgb(56, 217, 159)
HSL	hsl(158, 68%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(158, 74%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.2%, 0%, 26.7%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.85, -54.20, 17.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.85, 56.82, 162.54°)
OKLab	oklab(79.02% -0.1486 0.0435)
OKLCH	oklch(79.02% 0.155 163.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.6981, 52.9658, 41.2943)
Luminance	0.5297 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38D99F #D93872

analogous

#38D94E #38D99F #38C2D9

triadic

#38D99F #9F38D9 #D99F38

tetradic

#38D99F #4E38D9 #D93872 #C2D938

square

#38D99F #4E38D9 #D93872 #C2D938

split-complementary

#38D99F #D938C2 #D94E38

monochromatic

#187E5A #22B27E #38D99F #6BE3B8 #9FEDD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#38D99F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.59

#38D99F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38D99F

11.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38D99F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38D99F	1.00	1.81	11.59	11.59
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5C99C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1BBA3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D9C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38d99f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 217, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.155 163.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86e6bb',
    500: '#38d99f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38d99f;
$custom-light: #86e6bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38d99f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 158.385,
    "s": 67.932,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79017,
    "c": 0.15484,
    "h": 163.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.5297
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38D99F

secondary

#86304F

accent

#3D7CEB

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F4FCF8

border

#CED5D1

text

#0D1612

muted

#7F8482

Preview Lab

Preview with #38D99F

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

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