#38CC9F#38CC9F

#38CC9F is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.465; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.139 H 167.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38CC9F
RGB	rgb(56, 204, 159)
HSL	hsl(162, 59%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(162, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.5%, 0%, 22.1%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.89, -48.99, 11.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.89, 50.32, 166.82°)
OKLab	oklab(75.76% -0.1359 0.0293)
OKLCH	oklch(75.76% 0.139 167.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.4784, 46.5262, 40.2210)
Luminance	0.4653 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38CC9F #CC3865

analogous

#38CC55 #38CC9F #38AFCC

triadic

#38CC9F #9F38CC #CC9F38

tetradic

#38CC9F #5538CC #CC3865 #AFCC38

square

#38CC9F #5538CC #CC3865 #AFCC38

split-complementary

#38CC9F #CC38AF #CC5538

monochromatic

#1C6E55 #299E7A #38CC9F #69D8B7 #99E5CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#38CC9F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.31

#38CC9F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38CC9F

10.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38CC9F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38CC9F	1.00	2.04	10.31	10.31
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7BE9D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4B0A2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CDBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38cc9f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 204, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.139 167.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83dcbb',
    500: '#38cc9f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38cc9f;
$custom-light: #83dcbb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38cc9f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 161.757,
    "s": 59.2,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75759,
    "c": 0.13903,
    "h": 167.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.4653
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38CC9F

secondary

#D18FA3

accent

#4575E2

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FBF6

border

#CBD4D0

text

#0C1511

muted

#7D8380

Preview Lab

Preview with #38CC9F

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

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