#38DCA8#38DCA8

#38DCA8 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.549; OKLCH L 80.0% C 0.152 H 166.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38DCA8
RGB	rgb(56, 220, 168)
HSL	hsl(161, 70%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(161, 75%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.5%, 0%, 23.6%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.95, -53.35, 13.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.95, 55.12, 165.46°)
OKLab	oklab(79.98% -0.1473 0.0354)
OKLCH	oklch(79.98% 0.152 166.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.2880, 54.8502, 45.8182)
Luminance	0.5485 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38DCA8 #DC386C

analogous

#38DC56 #38DCA8 #38BEDC

triadic

#38DCA8 #A838DC #DCA838

tetradic

#38DCA8 #5638DC #DC386C #BEDC38

square

#38DCA8 #5638DC #DC386C #BEDC38

split-complementary

#38DCA8 #DC38BE #DC5638

monochromatic

#178360 #20B787 #38DCA8 #6CE5BF #A0EED6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#38DCA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.97

#38DCA8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38DCA8

11.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38DCA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38DCA8	1.00	1.75	11.97	11.97
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7CCA5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2BDAB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DDCE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38dca8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 220, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.0% 0.152 166.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86e8c2',
    500: '#38dca8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38dca8;
$custom-light: #86e8c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38dca8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 160.976,
    "s": 70.085,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79983,
    "c": 0.15153,
    "h": 166.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.54854
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38DCA8

secondary

#892F4C

accent

#3B73ED

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F4FDF9

border

#CED5D2

text

#0D1612

muted

#7F8482

Preview Lab

Preview with #38DCA8

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

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