#38CE9D#38CE9D

#38CE9D is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.474; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.143 H 166.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38CE9D
RGB	rgb(56, 206, 157)
HSL	hsl(160, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(160, 73%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.8%, 0%, 23.8%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.45, -50.27, 13.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.45, 52.01, 165.13°)
OKLab	oklab(76.21% -0.1388 0.0341)
OKLCH	oklch(76.21% 0.143 166.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.7846, 47.4142, 39.4739)
Luminance	0.4742 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38CE9D #CE3869

analogous

#38CE52 #38CE9D #38B4CE

triadic

#38CE9D #9D38CE #CE9D38

tetradic

#38CE9D #5238CE #CE3869 #B4CE38

square

#38CE9D #5238CE #CE3869 #B4CE38

split-complementary

#38CE9D #CE38B4 #CE5238

monochromatic

#1C7054 #28A179 #38CE9D #69DAB5 #9AE6CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#38CE9D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.48

#38CE9D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38CE9D

10.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38CE9D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38CE9D	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)

#C9BF9A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6B1A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CFC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38ce9d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 206, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.143 166.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84deba',
    500: '#38ce9d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38ce9d;
$custom-light: #84deba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38ce9d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 160.4,
    "s": 60.484,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7621,
    "c": 0.14294,
    "h": 166.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.47418
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38CE9D

secondary

#D290A5

accent

#4478E4

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FBF6

border

#CBD4D0

text

#0C1511

muted

#7D8380

Preview Lab

Preview with #38CE9D

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

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