#38CD9D#38CD9D

#38CD9D is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.469; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.142 H 166.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38CD9D
RGB	rgb(56, 205, 157)
HSL	hsl(161, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(161, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.7%, 0%, 23.4%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.15, -49.87, 12.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.15, 51.51, 165.48°)
OKLab	oklab(75.96% -0.1378 0.033)
OKLCH	oklch(75.96% 0.142 166.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.5447, 46.9342, 39.3939)
Luminance	0.4694 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38CD9D #CD3868

analogous

#38CD52 #38CD9D #38B2CD

triadic

#38CD9D #9D38CD #CD9D38

tetradic

#38CD9D #5238CD #CD3868 #B2CD38

square

#38CD9D #5238CD #CD3868 #B2CD38

split-complementary

#38CD9D #CD38B2 #CD5238

monochromatic

#1C6F54 #28A079 #38CD9D #69D9B5 #9AE6CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#38CD9D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.39

#38CD9D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38CD9D

10.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38CD9D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38CD9D	1.00	2.02	10.39	10.39
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8BF9A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5B1A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CEC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38cd9d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 205, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.142 166.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83ddba',
    500: '#38cd9d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38cd9d;
$custom-light: #83ddba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38cd9d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 160.671,
    "s": 59.839,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75959,
    "c": 0.14173,
    "h": 166.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.46938
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38CD9D

secondary

#D18FA5

accent

#4578E3

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FBF6

border

#CBD4D0

text

#0C1511

muted

#7D8380

Preview Lab

Preview with #38CD9D

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

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