#38CDA8#38CDA8

#38CDA8 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.473; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.134 H 172.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38CDA8
RGB	rgb(56, 205, 168)
HSL	hsl(165, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(165, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.7%, 0%, 18%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.40, -47.24, 7.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.40, 47.81, 171.14°)
OKLab	oklab(76.25% -0.1327 0.0187)
OKLCH	oklch(76.25% 0.134 172)
XYZ	xyz(30.5264, 47.3269, 44.5644)
Luminance	0.4733 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38CDA8 #CD385D

analogous

#38CD5D #38CDA8 #38A7CD

triadic

#38CDA8 #A838CD #CDA838

tetradic

#38CDA8 #5D38CD #CD385D #A7CD38

square

#38CDA8 #5D38CD #CD385D #A7CD38

split-complementary

#38CDA8 #CD38A7 #CD5D38

monochromatic

#1C6F5A #28A082 #38CDA8 #69D9BD #9AE6D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#38CDA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.47

#38CDA8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38CDA8

10.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38CDA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38CDA8	1.00	2.01	10.47	10.47
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7BFA6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3B1AB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CFC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38cda8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 205, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.134 172.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84ddc1',
    500: '#38cda8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38cda8;
$custom-light: #84ddc1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38cda8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165.101,
    "s": 59.839,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76247,
    "c": 0.134,
    "h": 172
  },
  "luminance": 0.47331
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38CDA8

secondary

#D18FA0

accent

#456CE3

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FBF7

border

#CBD4D0

text

#0C1512

muted

#7D8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #38CDA8

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

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