#38DDA6#38DDA6

#38DDA6 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.553; OKLCH L 80.2% C 0.154 H 165.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38DDA6
RGB	rgb(56, 221, 166)
HSL	hsl(160, 71%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(160, 75%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.7%, 0%, 24.9%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.22, -54.20, 15.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.22, 56.31, 164.27°)
OKLab	oklab(80.18% -0.1492 0.039)
OKLCH	oklch(80.18% 0.154 165.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.3664, 55.3027, 44.9323)
Luminance	0.5531 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38DDA6 #DD386F

analogous

#38DD54 #38DDA6 #38C2DD

triadic

#38DDA6 #A638DD #DDA638

tetradic

#38DDA6 #5438DD #DD386F #C2DD38

square

#38DDA6 #5438DD #DD386F #C2DD38

split-complementary

#38DDA6 #DD38C2 #DD5438

monochromatic

#178460 #1FB885 #38DDA6 #6CE6BD #A1EFD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#38DDA6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.06

#38DDA6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38DDA6

12.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38DDA6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38DDA6	1.00	1.74	12.06	12.06
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8CDA3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4BEAA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DDCE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38dda6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 221, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.2% 0.154 165.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87e8c0',
    500: '#38dda6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38dda6;
$custom-light: #87e8c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38dda6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 160,
    "s": 70.815,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80182,
    "c": 0.15424,
    "h": 165.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.55307
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38DDA6

secondary

#8B2F4D

accent

#3A76EE

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F4FDF9

border

#CED5D2

text

#0D1612

muted

#7F8482

Preview Lab

Preview with #38DDA6

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

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