#38CDA9#38CDA9

#38CDA9 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.474; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.133 H 172.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38CDA9
RGB	rgb(56, 205, 169)
HSL	hsl(166, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(166, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.7%, 0%, 17.6%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.42, -46.99, 6.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.42, 47.49, 171.69°)
OKLab	oklab(76.28% -0.1322 0.0174)
OKLCH	oklch(76.28% 0.133 172.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.6199, 47.3643, 45.0569)
Luminance	0.4737 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38CDA9 #CD385C

analogous

#38CD5E #38CDA9 #38A6CD

triadic

#38CDA9 #A938CD #CDA938

tetradic

#38CDA9 #5E38CD #CD385C #A6CD38

square

#38CDA9 #5E38CD #CD385C #A6CD38

split-complementary

#38CDA9 #CD38A6 #CD5E38

monochromatic

#1C6F5B #28A083 #38CDA9 #69D9BE #9AE6D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#38CDA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.47

#38CDA9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38CDA9

10.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38CDA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38CDA9	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)

#C6BFA7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3B1AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CFC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38cda9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 205, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.133 172.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84ddc2',
    500: '#38cda9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38cda9;
$custom-light: #84ddc2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38cda9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165.503,
    "s": 59.839,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76275,
    "c": 0.13337,
    "h": 172.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.47368
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38CDA9

secondary

#D18F9F

accent

#456BE3

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FBF7

border

#CBD4D0

text

#0C1512

muted

#7D8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #38CDA9

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

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