#38DD96#38DD96

#38DD96 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.548; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.167 H 159.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38DD96
RGB	rgb(56, 221, 150)
HSL	hsl(154, 71%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(154, 75%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.7%, 0%, 32.1%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.90, -57.66, 23.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.90, 62.16, 158.08°)
OKLab	oklab(79.82% -0.1566 0.0587)
OKLCH	oklch(79.82% 0.167 159.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.9889, 54.7517, 37.6778)
Luminance	0.5476 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38DD96 #DD387F

analogous

#38DD44 #38DD96 #38D1DD

triadic

#38DD96 #9638DD #DD9638

tetradic

#38DD96 #4438DD #DD387F #D1DD38

square

#38DD96 #4438DD #DD387F #D1DD38

split-complementary

#38DD96 #DD38D1 #DD4438

monochromatic

#178455 #1FB877 #38DD96 #6CE6B2 #A1EFCD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#38DD96 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.95

#38DD96 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38DD96

11.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38DD96	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38DD96	1.00	1.76	11.95	11.95
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DACC92

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6BD9B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DCCA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38dd96;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 221, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.167 159.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86e9b5',
    500: '#38dd96',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38dd96;
$custom-light: #86e9b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38dd96",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 154.182,
    "s": 70.815,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79817,
    "c": 0.16724,
    "h": 159.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.54756
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38DD96

secondary

#8B2F56

accent

#3A87EE

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F4FDF8

border

#CED5D1

text

#0D1611

muted

#7F8481

Preview Lab

Preview with #38DD96

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

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