#38DDA3#38DDA3

#38DDA3 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.552; OKLCH L 80.1% C 0.157 H 164.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38DDA3
RGB	rgb(56, 221, 163)
HSL	hsl(159, 71%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(159, 75%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.7%, 0%, 26.2%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.15, -54.88, 16.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.15, 57.38, 163.02°)
OKLab	oklab(80.11% -0.1506 0.0427)
OKLCH	oklch(80.11% 0.157 164.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.0944, 55.1939, 43.4998)
Luminance	0.5520 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38DDA3 #DD3872

analogous

#38DD51 #38DDA3 #38C5DD

triadic

#38DDA3 #A338DD #DDA338

tetradic

#38DDA3 #5138DD #DD3872 #C5DD38

square

#38DDA3 #5138DD #DD3872 #C5DD38

split-complementary

#38DDA3 #DD38C5 #DD5138

monochromatic

#17845E #1FB883 #38DDA3 #6CE6BB #A1EFD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#38DDA3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.04

#38DDA3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38DDA3

12.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38DDA3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38DDA3	1.00	1.74	12.04	12.04
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9CDA0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4BEA7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DDCD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38dda3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 221, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.1% 0.157 164.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86e8be',
    500: '#38dda3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38dda3;
$custom-light: #86e8be;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38dda3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 158.909,
    "s": 70.815,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8011,
    "c": 0.15655,
    "h": 164.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.55198
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38DDA3

secondary

#8B2F4F

accent

#3A79EE

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F4FDF8

border

#CED5D1

text

#0D1612

muted

#7F8482

Preview Lab

Preview with #38DDA3

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

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