#38DDA2#38DDA2

#38DDA2 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.552; OKLCH L 80.1% C 0.157 H 163.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38DDA2
RGB	rgb(56, 221, 162)
HSL	hsl(159, 71%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(159, 75%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.7%, 0%, 26.7%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.13, -55.10, 17.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.13, 57.74, 162.61°)
OKLab	oklab(80.09% -0.1511 0.044)
OKLCH	oklch(80.09% 0.157 163.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.0052, 55.1582, 43.0298)
Luminance	0.5516 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38DDA2 #DD3873

analogous

#38DD50 #38DDA2 #38C6DD

triadic

#38DDA2 #A238DD #DDA238

tetradic

#38DDA2 #5038DD #DD3873 #C6DD38

square

#38DDA2 #5038DD #DD3873 #C6DD38

split-complementary

#38DDA2 #DD38C6 #DD5038

monochromatic

#17845D #1FB882 #38DDA2 #6CE6BA #A1EFD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#38DDA2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.03

#38DDA2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38DDA2

12.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38DDA2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38DDA2	1.00	1.75	12.03	12.03
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9CD9F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4BEA6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DDCD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38dda2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 221, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.1% 0.157 163.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86e8bd',
    500: '#38dda2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38dda2;
$custom-light: #86e8bd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38dda2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 158.545,
    "s": 70.815,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80087,
    "c": 0.15735,
    "h": 163.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.55162
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38DDA2

secondary

#8B2F50

accent

#3A7AEE

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F4FDF8

border

#CED5D1

text

#0D1612

muted

#7F8482

Preview Lab

Preview with #38DDA2

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

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