#38DD9A#38DD9A

#38DD9A is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.549; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.164 H 160.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38DD9A
RGB	rgb(56, 221, 154)
HSL	hsl(156, 71%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(156, 75%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.7%, 0%, 30.3%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.97, -56.83, 21.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.97, 60.66, 159.52°)
OKLab	oklab(79.9% -0.1548 0.0538)
OKLCH	oklch(79.9% 0.164 160.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.3165, 54.8828, 39.4031)
Luminance	0.5489 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38DD9A #DD387B

analogous

#38DD48 #38DD9A #38CEDD

triadic

#38DD9A #9A38DD #DD9A38

tetradic

#38DD9A #4838DD #DD387B #CEDD38

square

#38DD9A #4838DD #DD387B #CEDD38

split-complementary

#38DD9A #DD38CE #DD4838

monochromatic

#178458 #1FB87A #38DD9A #6CE6B5 #A1EFCF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#38DD9A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.98

#38DD9A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38DD9A

11.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38DD9A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38DD9A	1.00	1.75	11.98	11.98
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DACC96

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6BE9E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DCCB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38dd9a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 221, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.164 160.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86e9b8',
    500: '#38dd9a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38dd9a;
$custom-light: #86e9b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38dd9a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 155.636,
    "s": 70.815,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79904,
    "c": 0.16387,
    "h": 160.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.54887
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38DD9A

secondary

#8B2F54

accent

#3A83EE

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F4FDF8

border

#CED5D1

text

#0D1611

muted

#7F8481

Preview Lab

Preview with #38DD9A

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

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