#38CB9B#38CB9B

#38CB9B is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.459; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.141 H 166.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38CB9B
RGB	rgb(56, 203, 155)
HSL	hsl(160, 59%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(160, 72%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.4%, 0%, 23.6%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.49, -49.52, 13.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.49, 51.21, 165.22°)
OKLab	oklab(75.41% -0.1368 0.0334)
OKLCH	oklch(75.41% 0.141 166.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.9000, 45.9158, 38.3435)
Luminance	0.4592 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38CB9B #CB3868

analogous

#38CB51 #38CB9B #38B2CB

triadic

#38CB9B #9B38CB #CB9B38

tetradic

#38CB9B #5138CB #CB3868 #B2CB38

square

#38CB9B #5138CB #CB3868 #B2CB38

split-complementary

#38CB9B #CB38B2 #CB5138

monochromatic

#1C6C52 #299D77 #38CB9B #69D8B3 #99E4CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#38CB9B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.18

#38CB9B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38CB9B

10.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38CB9B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38CB9B	1.00	2.06	10.18	10.18
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6BD98

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4AF9E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CCBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38cb9b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 203, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.141 166.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83dcb8',
    500: '#38cb9b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38cb9b;
$custom-light: #83dcb8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38cb9b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 160.408,
    "s": 58.566,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75406,
    "c": 0.1408,
    "h": 166.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.45919
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38CB9B

secondary

#D08FA4

accent

#4679E2

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FBF6

border

#CBD4D0

text

#0C1511

muted

#7D8380

Preview Lab

Preview with #38CB9B

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

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