#38CD9C#38CD9C

#38CD9C is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.469; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.142 H 166.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38CD9C
RGB	rgb(56, 205, 156)
HSL	hsl(160, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(160, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.7%, 0%, 23.9%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.13, -50.10, 13.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.13, 51.86, 165.00°)
OKLab	oklab(75.93% -0.1383 0.0343)
OKLCH	oklch(75.93% 0.142 166.1)
XYZ	xyz(29.4596, 46.9002, 38.9461)
Luminance	0.4690 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38CD9C #CD3869

analogous

#38CD51 #38CD9C #38B4CD

triadic

#38CD9C #9C38CD #CD9C38

tetradic

#38CD9C #5138CD #CD3869 #B4CD38

square

#38CD9C #5138CD #CD3869 #B4CD38

split-complementary

#38CD9C #CD38B4 #CD5138

monochromatic

#1C6F53 #28A078 #38CD9C #69D9B4 #9AE6CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#38CD9C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.38

#38CD9C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38CD9C

10.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38CD9C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38CD9C	1.00	2.02	10.38	10.38
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8BE99

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5B19F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CEBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38cd9c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 205, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.142 166.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83ddb9',
    500: '#38cd9c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38cd9c;
$custom-light: #83ddb9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38cd9c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 160.268,
    "s": 59.839,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75934,
    "c": 0.14248,
    "h": 166.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.46904
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38CD9C

secondary

#D18FA5

accent

#4579E3

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FBF6

border

#CBD4D0

text

#0C1511

muted

#7D8380

Preview Lab

Preview with #38CD9C

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

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