#38CC9B#38CC9B

#38CC9B is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.464; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.142 H 166.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38CC9B
RGB	rgb(56, 204, 155)
HSL	hsl(160, 59%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(160, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.5%, 0%, 24%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.80, -49.92, 13.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.80, 51.71, 164.88°)
OKLab	oklab(75.66% -0.1378 0.0345)
OKLCH	oklch(75.66% 0.142 166)
XYZ	xyz(29.1369, 46.3896, 38.4225)
Luminance	0.4639 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38CC9B #CC3869

analogous

#38CC51 #38CC9B #38B3CC

triadic

#38CC9B #9B38CC #CC9B38

tetradic

#38CC9B #5138CC #CC3869 #B3CC38

square

#38CC9B #5138CC #CC3869 #B3CC38

split-complementary

#38CC9B #CC38B3 #CC5138

monochromatic

#1C6E53 #299E77 #38CC9B #69D8B3 #99E5CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#38CC9B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.28

#38CC9B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38CC9B

10.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38CC9B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38CC9B	1.00	2.04	10.28	10.28
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8BD98

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5B09E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CDBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38cc9b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 204, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.142 166.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83dcb8',
    500: '#38cc9b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38cc9b;
$custom-light: #83dcb8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38cc9b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 160.135,
    "s": 59.2,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75657,
    "c": 0.14203,
    "h": 166
  },
  "luminance": 0.46393
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38CC9B

secondary

#D18FA5

accent

#4579E2

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FBF6

border

#CBD4D0

text

#0C1511

muted

#7D8380

Preview Lab

Preview with #38CC9B

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →