#38E199#38E199

#38E199 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.570; OKLCH L 80.9% C 0.170 H 159.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38E199
RGB	rgb(56, 225, 153)
HSL	hsl(154, 74%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(154, 75%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.1%, 0%, 32%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.17, -58.55, 23.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.17, 63.05, 158.23°)
OKLab	oklab(80.88% -0.159 0.0592)
OKLCH	oklch(80.88% 0.17 159.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.3023, 56.9870, 39.3226)
Luminance	0.5699 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38E199 #E13880

analogous

#38E145 #38E199 #38D4E1

triadic

#38E199 #9938E1 #E19938

tetradic

#38E199 #4538E1 #E13880 #D4E138

square

#38E199 #4538E1 #E13880 #D4E138

split-complementary

#38E199 #E138D4 #E14538

monochromatic

#158A58 #1DBF7A #38E199 #6DE9B4 #A2F1D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#38E199 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.40

#38E199 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38E199

12.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38E199	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38E199	1.00	1.69	12.40	12.40
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DED095

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAC19E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E0CE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38e199;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 225, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.9% 0.170 159.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87ebb7',
    500: '#38e199',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38e199;
$custom-light: #87ebb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38e199",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 154.438,
    "s": 73.799,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80884,
    "c": 0.16969,
    "h": 159.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.56991
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38E199

secondary

#8F2E57

accent

#3786F0

background

#FCFFFD

surface

#F4FEF8

border

#CED6D1

text

#0D1611

muted

#7F8581

Preview Lab

Preview with #38E199

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

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