#38CD85#38CD85

#38CD85 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.462; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.162 H 157.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38CD85
RGB	rgb(56, 205, 133)
HSL	hsl(151, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(151, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.7%, 0%, 35.1%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.67, -55.04, 24.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.67, 60.44, 155.59°)
OKLab	oklab(75.41% -0.149 0.0628)
OKLCH	oklch(75.41% 0.162 157.1)
XYZ	xyz(27.6931, 46.1936, 29.6425)
Luminance	0.4620 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38CD85 #CD3880

analogous

#38CD3A #38CD85 #38CACD

triadic

#38CD85 #8538CD #CD8538

tetradic

#38CD85 #3A38CD #CD3880 #CACD38

square

#38CD85 #3A38CD #CD3880 #CACD38

split-complementary

#38CD85 #CD38CA #CD3A38

monochromatic

#1C6F47 #28A066 #38CD85 #69D9A3 #9AE6C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#38CD85 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.24

#38CD85 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38CD85

10.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38CD85	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38CD85	1.00	2.05	10.24	10.24
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCBD80

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9B08A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CBBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38cd85;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 205, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.162 157.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83dda9',
    500: '#38cd85',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38cd85;
$custom-light: #83dda9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38cd85",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 151.007,
    "s": 59.839,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7541,
    "c": 0.16171,
    "h": 157.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.46197
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38CD85

secondary

#D18FAF

accent

#4591E3

background

#F8FDFA

surface

#F0FBF4

border

#CBD4CE

text

#0C1510

muted

#7D837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38CD85

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

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