#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
RGBrgb(56, 217, 159)
HSLhsl(158, 68%, 54%)
HSVhsv(158, 74%, 85%)
CMYKcmyk(74.2%, 0%, 26.7%, 14.9%)
CIE-LABlab(77.85, -54.20, 17.05)
CIE-LCHlch(77.85, 56.82, 162.54°)
OKLaboklab(79.02% -0.1486 0.0435)
OKLCHoklch(79.02% 0.155 163.7)
XYZxyz(32.6981, 52.9658, 41.2943)
Luminance0.5297 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familyteal

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
##38D99F1.001.8111.5911.59
#FFFFFF1.811.0021.0021.00
#00000011.5921.001.001.00
##00000011.5921.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#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

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#38D99F Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva