#38CE9C#38CE9C

#38CE9C is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.474; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.144 H 165.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38CE9C
RGB	rgb(56, 206, 156)
HSL	hsl(160, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(160, 73%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.8%, 0%, 24.3%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.43, -50.50, 13.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.43, 52.37, 164.66°)
OKLab	oklab(76.19% -0.1393 0.0354)
OKLCH	oklch(76.19% 0.144 165.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.6996, 47.3802, 39.0261)
Luminance	0.4738 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38CE9C #CE386A

analogous

#38CE51 #38CE9C #38B5CE

triadic

#38CE9C #9C38CE #CE9C38

tetradic

#38CE9C #5138CE #CE386A #B5CE38

square

#38CE9C #5138CE #CE386A #B5CE38

split-complementary

#38CE9C #CE38B5 #CE5138

monochromatic

#1C7054 #28A179 #38CE9C #69DAB4 #9AE6CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#38CE9C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.48

#38CE9C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38CE9C

10.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38CE9C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38CE9C	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)

#CABF99

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6B19F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CEC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38ce9c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 206, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.144 165.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84deb9',
    500: '#38ce9c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38ce9c;
$custom-light: #84deb9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38ce9c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 160,
    "s": 60.484,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76185,
    "c": 0.14371,
    "h": 165.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.47384
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38CE9C

secondary

#D290A6

accent

#4479E4

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FBF6

border

#CBD4D0

text

#0C1511

muted

#7D8380

Preview Lab

Preview with #38CE9C

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

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