#38DCA0#38DCA0

#38DCA0 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.546; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.158 H 163.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38DCA0
RGB	rgb(56, 220, 160)
HSL	hsl(158, 70%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(158, 75%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.5%, 0%, 27.3%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.79, -55.15, 17.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.79, 57.96, 162.09°)
OKLab	oklab(79.79% -0.151 0.0454)
OKLCH	oklch(79.79% 0.158 163.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.5656, 54.5612, 42.0132)
Luminance	0.5456 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38DCA0 #DC3874

analogous

#38DC4E #38DCA0 #38C6DC

triadic

#38DCA0 #A038DC #DCA038

tetradic

#38DCA0 #4E38DC #DC3874 #C6DC38

square

#38DCA0 #4E38DC #DC3874 #C6DC38

split-complementary

#38DCA0 #DC38C6 #DC4E38

monochromatic

#17835B #20B780 #38DCA0 #6CE5B9 #A0EED2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#38DCA0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.91

#38DCA0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38DCA0

11.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38DCA0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38DCA0	1.00	1.76	11.91	11.91
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8CC9D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4BDA4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DCCC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38dca0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 220, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.158 163.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86e8bc',
    500: '#38dca0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38dca0;
$custom-light: #86e8bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38dca0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 158.049,
    "s": 70.085,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7979,
    "c": 0.15772,
    "h": 163.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.54565
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38DCA0

secondary

#892F50

accent

#3B7CED

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F4FDF8

border

#CED5D1

text

#0D1612

muted

#7F8482

Preview Lab

Preview with #38DCA0

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

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