#38DF9D#38DF9D

#38DF9D is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.560; OKLCH L 80.5% C 0.164 H 161.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38DF9D
RGB	rgb(56, 223, 157)
HSL	hsl(156, 72%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(156, 75%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.9%, 0%, 29.6%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.64, -56.96, 20.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.64, 60.56, 160.14°)
OKLab	oklab(80.47% -0.1553 0.0523)
OKLCH	oklch(80.47% 0.164 161.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.1007, 56.0463, 40.9126)
Luminance	0.5605 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38DF9D #DF387A

analogous

#38DF49 #38DF9D #38CEDF

triadic

#38DF9D #9D38DF #DF9D38

tetradic

#38DF9D #4938DF #DF387A #CEDF38

square

#38DF9D #4938DF #DF387A #CEDF38

split-complementary

#38DF9D #DF38CE #DF4938

monochromatic

#16875A #1EBC7D #38DF9D #6DE7B7 #A1F0D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#38DF9D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.21

#38DF9D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38DF9D

12.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38DF9D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38DF9D	1.00	1.72	12.21	12.21
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCCE99

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7BFA1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DECD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38df9d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 223, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.5% 0.164 161.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87eaba',
    500: '#38df9d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38df9d;
$custom-light: #87eaba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38df9d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 223,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 156.287,
    "s": 72.294,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80471,
    "c": 0.16385,
    "h": 161.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.5605
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38DF9D

secondary

#8D2E54

accent

#3981EF

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F4FDF8

border

#CED5D1

text

#0D1611

muted

#7F8481

Preview Lab

Preview with #38DF9D

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

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