#38CE9A#38CE9A

#38CE9A is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.473; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.145 H 164.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38CE9A
RGB	rgb(56, 206, 154)
HSL	hsl(159, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(159, 73%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.8%, 0%, 25.2%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.39, -50.96, 14.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.39, 53.08, 163.74°)
OKLab	oklab(76.14% -0.1402 0.0379)
OKLCH	oklch(76.14% 0.145 164.9)
XYZ	xyz(29.5317, 47.3130, 38.1415)
Luminance	0.4732 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38CE9A #CE386C

analogous

#38CE4F #38CE9A #38B7CE

triadic

#38CE9A #9A38CE #CE9A38

tetradic

#38CE9A #4F38CE #CE386C #B7CE38

square

#38CE9A #4F38CE #CE386C #B7CE38

split-complementary

#38CE9A #CE38B7 #CE4F38

monochromatic

#1C7053 #28A177 #38CE9A #69DAB3 #9AE6CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#38CE9A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.46

#38CE9A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38CE9A

10.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38CE9A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38CE9A	1.00	2.01	10.46	10.46
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CABF97

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7B19D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CEC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38ce9a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 206, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.145 164.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83deb7',
    500: '#38ce9a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38ce9a;
$custom-light: #83deb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38ce9a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 159.2,
    "s": 60.484,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76136,
    "c": 0.14526,
    "h": 164.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.47316
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38CE9A

secondary

#D290A7

accent

#447BE4

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FBF6

border

#CBD4D0

text

#0C1511

muted

#7D8380

Preview Lab

Preview with #38CE9A

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

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