#38DD9C#38DD9C

#38DD9C is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.550; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.162 H 161.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38DD9C
RGB	rgb(56, 221, 156)
HSL	hsl(156, 71%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(156, 75%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.7%, 0%, 29.4%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.01, -56.40, 20.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.01, 59.92, 160.27°)
OKLab	oklab(79.95% -0.1538 0.0514)
OKLCH	oklch(79.95% 0.162 161.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.4845, 54.9500, 40.2877)
Luminance	0.5495 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38DD9C #DD3879

analogous

#38DD4A #38DD9C #38CBDD

triadic

#38DD9C #9C38DD #DD9C38

tetradic

#38DD9C #4A38DD #DD3879 #CBDD38

square

#38DD9C #4A38DD #DD3879 #CBDD38

split-complementary

#38DD9C #DD38CB #DD4A38

monochromatic

#178459 #1FB87C #38DD9C #6CE6B6 #A1EFD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#38DD9C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.99

#38DD9C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38DD9C

11.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38DD9C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38DD9C	1.00	1.75	11.99	11.99
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DACC98

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5BEA0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DCCC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38dd9c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 221, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.162 161.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86e9b9',
    500: '#38dd9c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38dd9c;
$custom-light: #86e9b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38dd9c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 156.364,
    "s": 70.815,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79949,
    "c": 0.16221,
    "h": 161.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.54954
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38DD9C

secondary

#8B2F53

accent

#3A81EE

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F4FDF8

border

#CED5D1

text

#0D1611

muted

#7F8481

Preview Lab

Preview with #38DD9C

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

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