#38CD96#38CD96

#38CD96 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.467; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.147 H 163.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38CD96
RGB	rgb(56, 205, 150)
HSL	hsl(158, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(158, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.7%, 0%, 26.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.00, -51.46, 16.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.00, 54.02, 162.28°)
OKLab	oklab(75.79% -0.1411 0.0419)
OKLCH	oklch(75.79% 0.147 163.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.9641, 46.7020, 36.3361)
Luminance	0.4671 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38CD96 #CD386F

analogous

#38CD4B #38CD96 #38B9CD

triadic

#38CD96 #9638CD #CD9638

tetradic

#38CD96 #4B38CD #CD386F #B9CD38

square

#38CD96 #4B38CD #CD386F #B9CD38

split-complementary

#38CD96 #CD38B9 #CD4B38

monochromatic

#1C6F50 #28A074 #38CD96 #69D9B0 #9AE6CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#38CD96 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.34

#38CD96 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38CD96

10.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38CD96	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38CD96	1.00	2.03	10.34	10.34
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9BE93

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6B09A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CDBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38cd96;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 205, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.147 163.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83ddb5',
    500: '#38cd96',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38cd96;
$custom-light: #83ddb5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38cd96",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 157.852,
    "s": 59.839,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75787,
    "c": 0.1472,
    "h": 163.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.46705
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38CD96

secondary

#D18FA8

accent

#457FE3

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FBF6

border

#CBD4D0

text

#0C1511

muted

#7D8380

Preview Lab

Preview with #38CD96

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

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