#38CD98#38CD98

#38CD98 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.468; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.146 H 164.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38CD98
RGB	rgb(56, 205, 152)
HSL	hsl(159, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(159, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.7%, 0%, 25.9%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.04, -51.01, 15.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.04, 53.29, 163.16°)
OKLab	oklab(75.84% -0.1402 0.0394)
OKLCH	oklch(75.84% 0.146 164.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.1265, 46.7670, 37.1916)
Luminance	0.4677 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38CD98 #CD386D

analogous

#38CD4D #38CD98 #38B7CD

triadic

#38CD98 #9838CD #CD9838

tetradic

#38CD98 #4D38CD #CD386D #B7CD38

square

#38CD98 #4D38CD #CD386D #B7CD38

split-complementary

#38CD98 #CD38B7 #CD4D38

monochromatic

#1C6F51 #28A075 #38CD98 #69D9B1 #9AE6CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#38CD98 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.35

#38CD98 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38CD98

10.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38CD98	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38CD98	1.00	2.03	10.35	10.35
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9BE95

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6B09B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CDBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38cd98;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 205, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.146 164.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83ddb6',
    500: '#38cd98',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38cd98;
$custom-light: #83ddb6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38cd98",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 158.658,
    "s": 59.839,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75836,
    "c": 0.1456,
    "h": 164.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.4677
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38CD98

secondary

#D18FA7

accent

#457DE3

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FBF6

border

#CBD4D0

text

#0C1511

muted

#7D8380

Preview Lab

Preview with #38CD98

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

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