#38CD9E#38CD9E

#38CD9E is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.470; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.141 H 167.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38CD9E
RGB	rgb(56, 205, 158)
HSL	hsl(161, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(161, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.7%, 0%, 22.9%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.17, -49.63, 12.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.17, 51.16, 165.96°)
OKLab	oklab(75.98% -0.1374 0.0317)
OKLCH	oklch(75.98% 0.141 167)
XYZ	xyz(29.6304, 46.9685, 39.8453)
Luminance	0.4697 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38CD9E #CD3867

analogous

#38CD53 #38CD9E #38B1CD

triadic

#38CD9E #9E38CD #CD9E38

tetradic

#38CD9E #5338CD #CD3867 #B1CD38

square

#38CD9E #5338CD #CD3867 #B1CD38

split-complementary

#38CD9E #CD38B1 #CD5338

monochromatic

#1C6F55 #28A07A #38CD9E #69D9B6 #9AE6CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#38CD9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.39

#38CD9E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38CD9E

10.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38CD9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38CD9E	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)

#C8BF9C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5B1A1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CEC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38cd9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 205, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.141 167.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83ddba',
    500: '#38cd9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38cd9e;
$custom-light: #83ddba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38cd9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 161.074,
    "s": 59.839,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75984,
    "c": 0.14097,
    "h": 167
  },
  "luminance": 0.46972
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38CD9E

secondary

#D18FA4

accent

#4577E3

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FBF6

border

#CBD4D0

text

#0C1511

muted

#7D8380

Preview Lab

Preview with #38CD9E

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

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