#38CD8C#38CD8C

#38CD8C is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.464; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.156 H 159.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38CD8C
RGB	rgb(56, 205, 140)
HSL	hsl(154, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(154, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.7%, 0%, 31.7%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.80, -53.61, 21.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.80, 57.76, 158.17°)
OKLab	oklab(75.56% -0.1458 0.0544)
OKLCH	oklch(75.56% 0.156 159.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.1930, 46.3936, 32.2749)
Luminance	0.4640 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38CD8C #CD3879

analogous

#38CD41 #38CD8C #38C3CD

triadic

#38CD8C #8C38CD #CD8C38

tetradic

#38CD8C #4138CD #CD3879 #C3CD38

square

#38CD8C #4138CD #CD3879 #C3CD38

split-complementary

#38CD8C #CD38C3 #CD4138

monochromatic

#1C6F4B #28A06C #38CD8C #69D9A8 #9AE6C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#38CD8C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.28

#38CD8C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38CD8C

10.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38CD8C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38CD8C	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)

#CBBD88

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8B090

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CCBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38cd8c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 205, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.156 159.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83ddae',
    500: '#38cd8c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38cd8c;
$custom-light: #83ddae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38cd8c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 153.826,
    "s": 59.839,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75559,
    "c": 0.15558,
    "h": 159.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.46397
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38CD8C

secondary

#D18FAC

accent

#458AE3

background

#F8FDFA

surface

#F0FBF4

border

#CBD4CE

text

#0C1510

muted

#7D837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38CD8C

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

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