#38CD9F#38CD9F

#38CD9F is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.470; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.140 H 167.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38CD9F
RGB	rgb(56, 205, 159)
HSL	hsl(161, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(161, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.7%, 0%, 22.4%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.19, -49.40, 11.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.19, 50.81, 166.45°)
OKLab	oklab(76.01% -0.1369 0.0304)
OKLCH	oklch(76.01% 0.14 167.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.7168, 47.0031, 40.3005)
Luminance	0.4701 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38CD9F #CD3866

analogous

#38CD54 #38CD9F #38B0CD

triadic

#38CD9F #9F38CD #CD9F38

tetradic

#38CD9F #5438CD #CD3866 #B0CD38

square

#38CD9F #5438CD #CD3866 #B0CD38

split-complementary

#38CD9F #CD38B0 #CD5438

monochromatic

#1C6F55 #28A07B #38CD9F #69D9B7 #9AE6CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#38CD9F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.40

#38CD9F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38CD9F

10.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38CD9F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38CD9F	1.00	2.02	10.40	10.40
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8BF9D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5B1A2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CEC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38cd9f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 205, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.140 167.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83ddbb',
    500: '#38cd9f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38cd9f;
$custom-light: #83ddbb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38cd9f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 161.477,
    "s": 59.839,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7601,
    "c": 0.14023,
    "h": 167.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.47007
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38CD9F

secondary

#D18FA4

accent

#4576E3

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FBF6

border

#CBD4D0

text

#0C1511

muted

#7D8380

Preview Lab

Preview with #38CD9F

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

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