#38CF9C#38CF9C

#38CF9C is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.479; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.145 H 165.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38CF9C
RGB	rgb(56, 207, 156)
HSL	hsl(160, 61%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(160, 73%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.9%, 0%, 24.6%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.74, -50.91, 14.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.74, 52.87, 164.33°)
OKLab	oklab(76.44% -0.1403 0.0365)
OKLCH	oklch(76.44% 0.145 165.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.9411, 47.8632, 39.1066)
Luminance	0.4787 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38CF9C #CF386B

analogous

#38CF51 #38CF9C #38B7CF

triadic

#38CF9C #9C38CF #CF9C38

tetradic

#38CF9C #5138CF #CF386B #B7CF38

square

#38CF9C #5138CF #CF386B #B7CF38

split-complementary

#38CF9C #CF38B7 #CF5138

monochromatic

#1B7154 #27A379 #38CF9C #69DBB5 #9BE7CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#38CF9C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.57

#38CF9C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38CF9C

10.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38CF9C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38CF9C	1.00	1.99	10.57	10.57
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBC099

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7B29F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CFC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38cf9c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 207, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.145 165.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84dfb9',
    500: '#38cf9c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38cf9c;
$custom-light: #84dfb9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38cf9c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 207,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 159.735,
    "s": 61.134,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76437,
    "c": 0.14493,
    "h": 165.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.47867
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38CF9C

secondary

#D390A7

accent

#447AE4

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FBF6

border

#CBD4D0

text

#0C1511

muted

#7D8380

Preview Lab

Preview with #38CF9C

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

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