#38DD9B#38DD9B

#38DD9B is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.549; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.163 H 161.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38DD9B
RGB	rgb(56, 221, 155)
HSL	hsl(156, 71%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(156, 75%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.7%, 0%, 29.9%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.99, -56.62, 20.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.99, 60.29, 159.89°)
OKLab	oklab(79.93% -0.1543 0.0526)
OKLCH	oklch(79.93% 0.163 161.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.4002, 54.9162, 39.8436)
Luminance	0.5492 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38DD9B #DD387A

analogous

#38DD49 #38DD9B #38CCDD

triadic

#38DD9B #9B38DD #DD9B38

tetradic

#38DD9B #4938DD #DD387A #CCDD38

square

#38DD9B #4938DD #DD387A #CCDD38

split-complementary

#38DD9B #DD38CC #DD4938

monochromatic

#178458 #1FB87B #38DD9B #6CE6B5 #A1EFD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#38DD9B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.98

#38DD9B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38DD9B

11.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38DD9B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38DD9B	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)

#DACC97

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6BE9F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DCCB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38dd9b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 221, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.163 161.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86e9b8',
    500: '#38dd9b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38dd9b;
$custom-light: #86e9b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38dd9b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 156,
    "s": 70.815,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79926,
    "c": 0.16304,
    "h": 161.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.5492
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38DD9B

secondary

#8B2F53

accent

#3A82EE

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F4FDF8

border

#CED5D1

text

#0D1611

muted

#7F8481

Preview Lab

Preview with #38DD9B

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

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