#38CD91#38CD91

#38CD91 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.465; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.151 H 161.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38CD91
RGB	rgb(56, 205, 145)
HSL	hsl(156, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(156, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.7%, 0%, 29.3%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.90, -52.55, 18.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.90, 55.87, 160.16°)
OKLab	oklab(75.67% -0.1434 0.0482)
OKLCH	oklch(75.67% 0.151 161.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.5700, 46.5444, 34.2608)
Luminance	0.4655 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38CD91 #CD3874

analogous

#38CD46 #38CD91 #38BECD

triadic

#38CD91 #9138CD #CD9138

tetradic

#38CD91 #4638CD #CD3874 #BECD38

square

#38CD91 #4638CD #CD3874 #BECD38

split-complementary

#38CD91 #CD38BE #CD4638

monochromatic

#1C6F4D #28A070 #38CD91 #69D9AC #9AE6C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#38CD91 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.31

#38CD91 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38CD91

10.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38CD91	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38CD91	1.00	2.04	10.31	10.31
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CABE8D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7B095

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CCBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38cd91;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 205, 145);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.151 161.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83ddb1',
    500: '#38cd91',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38cd91;
$custom-light: #83ddb1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38cd91",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 145
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 155.839,
    "s": 59.839,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75671,
    "c": 0.15132,
    "h": 161.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.46548
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38CD91

secondary

#D18FAA

accent

#4585E3

background

#F8FDFA

surface

#F0FBF5

border

#CBD4CF

text

#0C1510

muted

#7D837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38CD91

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

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