#38CDA4#38CDA4

#38CDA4 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.472; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.137 H 169.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38CDA4
RGB	rgb(56, 205, 164)
HSL	hsl(163, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(163, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.7%, 0%, 20%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.30, -48.21, 9.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.30, 49.12, 168.99°)
OKLab	oklab(76.14% -0.1345 0.024)
OKLCH	oklch(76.14% 0.137 169.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.1595, 47.1802, 42.6319)
Luminance	0.4718 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38CDA4 #CD3861

analogous

#38CD59 #38CDA4 #38ABCD

triadic

#38CDA4 #A438CD #CDA438

tetradic

#38CDA4 #5938CD #CD3861 #ABCD38

square

#38CDA4 #5938CD #CD3861 #ABCD38

split-complementary

#38CDA4 #CD38AB #CD5938

monochromatic

#1C6F58 #28A07F #38CDA4 #69D9BA #9AE6D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#38CDA4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.44

#38CDA4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38CDA4

10.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38CDA4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38CDA4	1.00	2.01	10.44	10.44
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7BFA2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4B1A7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CEC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38cda4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 205, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.137 169.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84ddbf',
    500: '#38cda4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38cda4;
$custom-light: #84ddbf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38cda4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 163.49,
    "s": 59.839,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7614,
    "c": 0.13666,
    "h": 169.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.47184
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38CDA4

secondary

#D18FA2

accent

#4570E3

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FBF7

border

#CBD4D0

text

#0C1512

muted

#7D8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #38CDA4

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

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