#38CF9A#38CF9A

#38CF9A is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.478; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.146 H 164.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38CF9A
RGB	rgb(56, 207, 154)
HSL	hsl(159, 61%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(159, 73%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.9%, 0%, 25.6%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.70, -51.36, 15.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.70, 53.59, 163.42°)
OKLab	oklab(76.39% -0.1412 0.039)
OKLCH	oklch(76.39% 0.146 164.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.7732, 47.7960, 38.2220)
Luminance	0.4780 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38CF9A #CF386D

analogous

#38CF4F #38CF9A #38B9CF

triadic

#38CF9A #9A38CF #CF9A38

tetradic

#38CF9A #4F38CF #CF386D #B9CF38

square

#38CF9A #4F38CF #CF386D #B9CF38

split-complementary

#38CF9A #CF38B9 #CF4F38

monochromatic

#1B7153 #27A377 #38CF9A #69DBB3 #9BE7CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#38CF9A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.56

#38CF9A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38CF9A

10.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38CF9A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38CF9A	1.00	1.99	10.56	10.56
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBC097

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8B29D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CFC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38cf9a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 207, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.146 164.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84dfb7',
    500: '#38cf9a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38cf9a;
$custom-light: #84dfb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38cf9a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 207,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 158.94,
    "s": 61.134,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76388,
    "c": 0.14649,
    "h": 164.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.47799
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38CF9A

secondary

#D390A8

accent

#447CE4

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FBF6

border

#CBD4D0

text

#0C1511

muted

#7D8380

Preview Lab

Preview with #38CF9A

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

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