#38DF9C#38DF9C

#38DF9C is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.560; OKLCH L 80.4% C 0.165 H 161.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38DF9C
RGB	rgb(56, 223, 156)
HSL	hsl(156, 72%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(156, 75%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.9%, 0%, 30%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.62, -57.17, 21.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.62, 60.93, 159.77°)
OKLab	oklab(80.45% -0.1558 0.0535)
OKLCH	oklch(80.45% 0.165 161.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.0157, 56.0123, 40.4648)
Luminance	0.5602 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38DF9C #DF387B

analogous

#38DF49 #38DF9C #38CFDF

triadic

#38DF9C #9C38DF #DF9C38

tetradic

#38DF9C #4938DF #DF387B #CFDF38

square

#38DF9C #4938DF #DF387B #CFDF38

split-complementary

#38DF9C #DF38CF #DF4938

monochromatic

#168759 #1EBC7C #38DF9C #6DE7B6 #A1F0D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#38DF9C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.20

#38DF9C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38DF9C

12.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38DF9C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38DF9C	1.00	1.72	12.20	12.20
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCCE98

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7BFA0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DECD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38df9c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 223, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.4% 0.165 161.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87eab9',
    500: '#38df9c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38df9c;
$custom-light: #87eab9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38df9c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 223,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 155.928,
    "s": 72.294,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80449,
    "c": 0.16468,
    "h": 161.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.56016
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38DF9C

secondary

#8D2E54

accent

#3982EF

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F4FDF8

border

#CED5D1

text

#0D1611

muted

#7F8481

Preview Lab

Preview with #38DF9C

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

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