#38DC8B#38DC8B

#38DC8B is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.539; OKLCH L 79.3% C 0.176 H 156.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38DC8B
RGB	rgb(56, 220, 139)
HSL	hsl(150, 70%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(150, 75%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.5%, 0%, 36.8%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.40, -59.48, 28.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.40, 65.83, 154.62°)
OKLab	oklab(79.34% -0.1607 0.0707)
OKLCH	oklch(79.34% 0.176 156.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.8812, 53.8875, 33.1422)
Luminance	0.5389 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38DC8B #DC3889

analogous

#38DC39 #38DC8B #38DBDC

triadic

#38DC8B #8B38DC #DC8B38

tetradic

#38DC8B #3938DC #DC3889 #DBDC38

square

#38DC8B #3938DC #DC3889 #DBDC38

split-complementary

#38DC8B #DC38DB #DC3938

monochromatic

#17834D #20B76C #38DC8B #6CE5A9 #A0EEC8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#38DC8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.78

#38DC8B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38DC8B

11.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38DC8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38DC8B	1.00	1.78	11.78	11.78
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBCA86

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7BC90

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DAC7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38dc8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 220, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.3% 0.176 156.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86e8ad',
    500: '#38dc8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38dc8b;
$custom-light: #86e8ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38dc8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 150.366,
    "s": 70.085,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79339,
    "c": 0.17554,
    "h": 156.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.53891
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38DC8B

secondary

#892F5C

accent

#3B93ED

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F4FDF7

border

#CED5D0

text

#0D1610

muted

#7F8481

Preview Lab

Preview with #38DC8B

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

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