#38CDA2#38CDA2

#38CDA2 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.471; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.138 H 168.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38CDA2
RGB	rgb(56, 205, 162)
HSL	hsl(163, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(163, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.7%, 0%, 21%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.26, -48.69, 10.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.26, 49.79, 167.95°)
OKLab	oklab(76.09% -0.1355 0.0266)
OKLCH	oklch(76.09% 0.138 168.9)
XYZ	xyz(29.9803, 47.1085, 41.6882)
Luminance	0.4711 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38CDA2 #CD3863

analogous

#38CD57 #38CDA2 #38ADCD

triadic

#38CDA2 #A238CD #CDA238

tetradic

#38CDA2 #5738CD #CD3863 #ADCD38

square

#38CDA2 #5738CD #CD3863 #ADCD38

split-complementary

#38CDA2 #CD38AD #CD5738

monochromatic

#1C6F57 #28A07D #38CDA2 #69D9B9 #9AE6D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#38CDA2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.42

#38CDA2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38CDA2

10.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38CDA2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38CDA2	1.00	2.01	10.42	10.42
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8BFA0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4B1A5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CEC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38cda2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 205, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.138 168.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84ddbd',
    500: '#38cda2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38cda2;
$custom-light: #84ddbd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38cda2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 162.685,
    "s": 59.839,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76087,
    "c": 0.13807,
    "h": 168.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.47112
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38CDA2

secondary

#D18FA2

accent

#4572E3

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FBF6

border

#CBD4D0

text

#0C1512

muted

#7D8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #38CDA2

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

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