#38CD8E#38CD8E

#38CD8E is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.465; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.154 H 160.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38CD8E
RGB	rgb(56, 205, 142)
HSL	hsl(155, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(155, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.7%, 0%, 30.7%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.84, -53.19, 20.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.84, 57.00, 158.95°)
OKLab	oklab(75.6% -0.1448 0.0519)
OKLCH	oklch(75.6% 0.154 160.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.3418, 46.4531, 33.0586)
Luminance	0.4646 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38CD8E #CD3877

analogous

#38CD43 #38CD8E #38C1CD

triadic

#38CD8E #8E38CD #CD8E38

tetradic

#38CD8E #4338CD #CD3877 #C1CD38

square

#38CD8E #4338CD #CD3877 #C1CD38

split-complementary

#38CD8E #CD38C1 #CD4338

monochromatic

#1C6F4C #28A06D #38CD8E #69D9AA #9AE6C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#38CD8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.29

#38CD8E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38CD8E

10.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38CD8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38CD8E	1.00	2.04	10.29	10.29
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CABD8A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8B092

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CCBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38cd8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 205, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.154 160.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83ddaf',
    500: '#38cd8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38cd8e;
$custom-light: #83ddaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38cd8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 154.631,
    "s": 59.839,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75603,
    "c": 0.15386,
    "h": 160.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.46456
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38CD8E

secondary

#D18FAB

accent

#4588E3

background

#F8FDFA

surface

#F0FBF4

border

#CBD4CE

text

#0C1510

muted

#7D837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38CD8E

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

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