#38CDA3#38CDA3

#38CDA3 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.471; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.137 H 169.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38CDA3
RGB	rgb(56, 205, 163)
HSL	hsl(163, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(163, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.7%, 0%, 20.5%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.28, -48.45, 9.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.28, 49.45, 168.47°)
OKLab	oklab(76.11% -0.135 0.0253)
OKLCH	oklch(76.11% 0.137 169.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.0695, 47.1442, 42.1582)
Luminance	0.4715 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38CDA3 #CD3862

analogous

#38CD58 #38CDA3 #38ACCD

triadic

#38CDA3 #A338CD #CDA338

tetradic

#38CDA3 #5838CD #CD3862 #ACCD38

square

#38CDA3 #5838CD #CD3862 #ACCD38

split-complementary

#38CDA3 #CD38AC #CD5838

monochromatic

#1C6F57 #28A07E #38CDA3 #69D9BA #9AE6D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#38CDA3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.43

#38CDA3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38CDA3

10.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38CDA3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38CDA3	1.00	2.01	10.43	10.43
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7BFA1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4B1A6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CEC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38cda3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 205, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.137 169.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84ddbe',
    500: '#38cda3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38cda3;
$custom-light: #84ddbe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38cda3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 163.087,
    "s": 59.839,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76113,
    "c": 0.13736,
    "h": 169.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.47148
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38CDA3

secondary

#D18FA2

accent

#4571E3

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FBF6

border

#CBD4D0

text

#0C1512

muted

#7D8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #38CDA3

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

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