#38EE9E#38EE9E

#38EE9E is a very light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.645; OKLCH L 84.2% C 0.182 H 158.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38EE9E
RGB	rgb(56, 238, 158)
HSL	hsl(154, 84%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(154, 76%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.5%, 0%, 33.6%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.20, -62.36, 26.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.20, 67.68, 157.13°)
OKLab	oklab(84.23% -0.169 0.0663)
OKLCH	oklch(84.23% 0.182 158.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.3730, 64.4538, 42.7596)
Luminance	0.6446 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38EE9E #EE3888

analogous

#38EE43 #38EE9E #38E3EE

triadic

#38EE9E #9E38EE #EE9E38

tetradic

#38EE9E #4338EE #EE3888 #E3EE38

square

#38EE9E #4338EE #EE3888 #E3EE38

split-complementary

#38EE9E #EE38E3 #EE4338

monochromatic

#0E9E5F #12D680 #38EE9E #70F3B9 #A9F8D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.51

#38EE9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.89

#38EE9E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38EE9E

13.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38EE9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38EE9E	1.00	1.51	13.89	13.89
#FFFFFF	1.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ECDB99

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6CCA3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00EDD9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38ee9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 238, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.2% 0.182 158.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8af5bb',
    500: '#38ee9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38ee9e;
$custom-light: #8af5bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38ee9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 238,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 153.626,
    "s": 84.259,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84234,
    "c": 0.18151,
    "h": 158.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.64458
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38EE9E

secondary

#A1295E

accent

#2D87FB

background

#FCFFFD

surface

#F5FFF8

border

#CFD7D1

text

#0E1712

muted

#7F8582

Preview Lab

Preview with #38EE9E

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

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