#38CD8A#38CD8A

#38CD8A is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.463; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.157 H 158.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38CD8A
RGB	rgb(56, 205, 138)
HSL	hsl(153, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(153, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.7%, 0%, 32.7%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.76, -54.03, 22.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.76, 58.52, 157.41°)
OKLab	oklab(75.52% -0.1467 0.0568)
OKLCH	oklch(75.52% 0.157 158.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.0468, 46.3351, 31.5053)
Luminance	0.4634 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38CD8A #CD387B

analogous

#38CD3F #38CD8A #38C5CD

triadic

#38CD8A #8A38CD #CD8A38

tetradic

#38CD8A #3F38CD #CD387B #C5CD38

square

#38CD8A #3F38CD #CD387B #C5CD38

split-complementary

#38CD8A #CD38C5 #CD3F38

monochromatic

#1C6F49 #28A06A #38CD8A #69D9A7 #9AE6C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#38CD8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.27

#38CD8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38CD8A

10.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38CD8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38CD8A	1.00	2.05	10.27	10.27
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBBD86

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8B08E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CCBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38cd8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 205, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.157 158.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83ddac',
    500: '#38cd8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38cd8a;
$custom-light: #83ddac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38cd8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 153.02,
    "s": 59.839,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75515,
    "c": 0.15731,
    "h": 158.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.46338
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38CD8A

secondary

#D18FAD

accent

#458CE3

background

#F8FDFA

surface

#F0FBF4

border

#CBD4CE

text

#0C1510

muted

#7D837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38CD8A

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

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