#38DE99#38DE99

#38DE99 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.554; OKLCH L 80.1% C 0.166 H 160.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38DE99
RGB	rgb(56, 222, 153)
HSL	hsl(155, 72%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(155, 75%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.8%, 0%, 31.1%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.26, -57.42, 22.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.26, 61.54, 158.92°)
OKLab	oklab(80.13% -0.1562 0.0561)
OKLCH	oklch(80.13% 0.166 160.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.4984, 55.3792, 39.0546)
Luminance	0.5538 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38DE99 #DE387D

analogous

#38DE46 #38DE99 #38D0DE

triadic

#38DE99 #9938DE #DE9938

tetradic

#38DE99 #4638DE #DE387D #D0DE38

square

#38DE99 #4638DE #DE387D #D0DE38

split-complementary

#38DE99 #DE38D0 #DE4638

monochromatic

#168557 #1FBA79 #38DE99 #6CE7B4 #A1EFCF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#38DE99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.08

#38DE99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38DE99

12.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38DE99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38DE99	1.00	1.74	12.08	12.08
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBCD95

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7BE9D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DDCC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38de99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 222, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.1% 0.166 160.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86e9b7',
    500: '#38de99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38de99;
$custom-light: #86e9b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38de99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 155.06,
    "s": 71.552,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80133,
    "c": 0.16595,
    "h": 160.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.55383
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38DE99

secondary

#8C2E55

accent

#3A85EE

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F4FDF8

border

#CED5D1

text

#0D1611

muted

#7F8481

Preview Lab

Preview with #38DE99

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

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