#38CD9B#38CD9B

#38CD9B is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.469; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.143 H 165.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38CD9B
RGB	rgb(56, 205, 155)
HSL	hsl(160, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(160, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.7%, 0%, 24.4%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.10, -50.33, 13.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.10, 52.22, 164.54°)
OKLab	oklab(75.91% -0.1388 0.0356)
OKLCH	oklch(75.91% 0.143 165.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.3753, 46.8665, 38.5020)
Luminance	0.4687 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38CD9B #CD386A

analogous

#38CD50 #38CD9B #38B4CD

triadic

#38CD9B #9B38CD #CD9B38

tetradic

#38CD9B #5038CD #CD386A #B4CD38

square

#38CD9B #5038CD #CD386A #B4CD38

split-complementary

#38CD9B #CD38B4 #CD5038

monochromatic

#1C6F53 #28A078 #38CD9B #69D9B4 #9AE6CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#38CD9B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.37

#38CD9B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38CD9B

10.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38CD9B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38CD9B	1.00	2.02	10.37	10.37
#FFFFFF	2.02	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)

#C9BE98

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6B19E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CDBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38cd9b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 205, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.143 165.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83ddb8',
    500: '#38cd9b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38cd9b;
$custom-light: #83ddb8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38cd9b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 159.866,
    "s": 59.839,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75909,
    "c": 0.14325,
    "h": 165.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.4687
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38CD9B

secondary

#D18FA6

accent

#457AE3

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FBF6

border

#CBD4D0

text

#0C1511

muted

#7D8380

Preview Lab

Preview with #38CD9B

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

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