#38DF9F#38DF9F

#38DF9F is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.561; OKLCH L 80.5% C 0.162 H 162.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38DF9F
RGB	rgb(56, 223, 159)
HSL	hsl(157, 72%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(157, 75%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.9%, 0%, 28.7%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.68, -56.53, 19.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.68, 59.82, 160.89°)
OKLab	oklab(80.52% -0.1544 0.0498)
OKLCH	oklch(80.52% 0.162 162.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.2729, 56.1152, 41.8192)
Luminance	0.5612 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38DF9F #DF3878

analogous

#38DF4C #38DF9F #38CBDF

triadic

#38DF9F #9F38DF #DF9F38

tetradic

#38DF9F #4C38DF #DF3878 #CBDF38

square

#38DF9F #4C38DF #DF3878 #CBDF38

split-complementary

#38DF9F #DF38CB #DF4C38

monochromatic

#16875C #1EBC7F #38DF9F #6DE7B8 #A1F0D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#38DF9F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.22

#38DF9F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38DF9F

12.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38DF9F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38DF9F	1.00	1.72	12.22	12.22
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBCE9B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7BFA3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DFCE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38df9f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 223, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.5% 0.162 162.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87eabb',
    500: '#38df9f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38df9f;
$custom-light: #87eabb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38df9f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 223,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 157.006,
    "s": 72.294,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80517,
    "c": 0.16221,
    "h": 162.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.56119
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38DF9F

secondary

#8D2E53

accent

#397FEF

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F4FDF8

border

#CED5D1

text

#0D1612

muted

#7F8482

Preview Lab

Preview with #38DF9F

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

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