#38CD9A#38CD9A

#38CD9A is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.468; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.144 H 165.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38CD9A
RGB	rgb(56, 205, 154)
HSL	hsl(159, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(159, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.7%, 0%, 24.9%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.08, -50.56, 14.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.08, 52.57, 164.07°)
OKLab	oklab(75.88% -0.1392 0.0369)
OKLCH	oklch(75.88% 0.144 165.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.2917, 46.8331, 38.0615)
Luminance	0.4684 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38CD9A #CD386B

analogous

#38CD4F #38CD9A #38B5CD

triadic

#38CD9A #9A38CD #CD9A38

tetradic

#38CD9A #4F38CD #CD386B #B5CD38

square

#38CD9A #4F38CD #CD386B #B5CD38

split-complementary

#38CD9A #CD38B5 #CD4F38

monochromatic

#1C6F52 #28A077 #38CD9A #69D9B3 #9AE6CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#38CD9A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.37

#38CD9A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38CD9A

10.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38CD9A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38CD9A	1.00	2.03	10.37	10.37
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9BE97

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6B19D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CDBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38cd9a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 205, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.144 165.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83ddb7',
    500: '#38cd9a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38cd9a;
$custom-light: #83ddb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38cd9a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 159.463,
    "s": 59.839,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75884,
    "c": 0.14402,
    "h": 165.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.46836
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38CD9A

secondary

#D18FA6

accent

#457BE3

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FBF6

border

#CBD4D0

text

#0C1511

muted

#7D8380

Preview Lab

Preview with #38CD9A

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

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