#38CDA0#38CDA0

#38CDA0 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.470; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.140 H 167.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38CDA0
RGB	rgb(56, 205, 160)
HSL	hsl(162, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(162, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.7%, 0%, 22%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.21, -49.16, 11.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.21, 50.47, 166.94°)
OKLab	oklab(76.04% -0.1364 0.0291)
OKLCH	oklch(76.04% 0.14 167.9)
XYZ	xyz(29.8039, 47.0380, 40.7594)
Luminance	0.4704 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38CDA0 #CD3865

analogous

#38CD55 #38CDA0 #38AFCD

triadic

#38CDA0 #A038CD #CDA038

tetradic

#38CDA0 #5538CD #CD3865 #AFCD38

square

#38CDA0 #5538CD #CD3865 #AFCD38

split-complementary

#38CDA0 #CD38AF #CD5538

monochromatic

#1C6F56 #28A07C #38CDA0 #69D9B7 #9AE6CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#38CDA0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.41

#38CDA0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38CDA0

10.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38CDA0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38CDA0	1.00	2.02	10.41	10.41
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8BF9E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5B1A3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CEC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38cda0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 205, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.140 167.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83ddbc',
    500: '#38cda0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38cda0;
$custom-light: #83ddbc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38cda0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 161.879,
    "s": 59.839,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76035,
    "c": 0.1395,
    "h": 167.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.47041
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38CDA0

secondary

#D18FA3

accent

#4575E3

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FBF6

border

#CBD4D0

text

#0C1512

muted

#7D8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #38CDA0

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

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