#38CDAA#38CDAA

#38CDAA is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.474; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.133 H 173.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38CDAA
RGB	rgb(56, 205, 170)
HSL	hsl(166, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(166, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.7%, 0%, 17.1%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.45, -46.74, 6.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.45, 47.17, 172.25°)
OKLab	oklab(76.3% -0.1318 0.0161)
OKLCH	oklch(76.3% 0.133 173)
XYZ	xyz(30.7142, 47.4020, 45.5532)
Luminance	0.4741 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38CDAA #CD385B

analogous

#38CD5F #38CDAA #38A5CD

triadic

#38CDAA #AA38CD #CDAA38

tetradic

#38CDAA #5F38CD #CD385B #A5CD38

square

#38CDAA #5F38CD #CD385B #A5CD38

split-complementary

#38CDAA #CD38A5 #CD5F38

monochromatic

#1C6F5B #28A084 #38CDAA #69D9BF #9AE6D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#38CDAA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.48

#38CDAA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38CDAA

10.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38CDAA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38CDAA	1.00	2.00	10.48	10.48
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6C0A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3B1AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CFC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38cdaa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 205, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.133 173.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84ddc3',
    500: '#38cdaa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38cdaa;
$custom-light: #84ddc3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38cdaa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165.906,
    "s": 59.839,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76302,
    "c": 0.13274,
    "h": 173
  },
  "luminance": 0.47406
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38CDAA

secondary

#D18F9F

accent

#456AE3

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FBF7

border

#CBD4D0

text

#0C1512

muted

#7D8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #38CDAA

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

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