#38CD8B#38CD8B

#38CD8B is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.464; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.156 H 159.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38CD8B
RGB	rgb(56, 205, 139)
HSL	hsl(153, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(153, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.7%, 0%, 32.2%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.78, -53.82, 21.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.78, 58.14, 157.79°)
OKLab	oklab(75.54% -0.1462 0.0556)
OKLCH	oklch(75.54% 0.156 159.2)
XYZ	xyz(28.1196, 46.3642, 31.8883)
Luminance	0.4637 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38CD8B #CD387A

analogous

#38CD40 #38CD8B #38C4CD

triadic

#38CD8B #8B38CD #CD8B38

tetradic

#38CD8B #4038CD #CD387A #C4CD38

square

#38CD8B #4038CD #CD387A #C4CD38

split-complementary

#38CD8B #CD38C4 #CD4038

monochromatic

#1C6F4A #28A06B #38CD8B #69D9A8 #9AE6C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#38CD8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.27

#38CD8B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38CD8B

10.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38CD8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38CD8B	1.00	2.04	10.27	10.27
#FFFFFF	2.04	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)

#CBBD87

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8B08F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CCBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38cd8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 205, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.156 159.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83ddad',
    500: '#38cd8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38cd8b;
$custom-light: #83ddad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38cd8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 153.423,
    "s": 59.839,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75537,
    "c": 0.15645,
    "h": 159.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.46367
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38CD8B

secondary

#D18FAD

accent

#458BE3

background

#F8FDFA

surface

#F0FBF4

border

#CBD4CE

text

#0C1510

muted

#7D837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38CD8B

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

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