#38D09B#38D09B

#38D09B is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.483; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.147 H 164.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38D09B
RGB	rgb(56, 208, 155)
HSL	hsl(159, 62%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(159, 73%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.1%, 0%, 25.5%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.02, -51.53, 15.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.02, 53.73, 163.55°)
OKLab	oklab(76.66% -0.1417 0.0388)
OKLCH	oklch(76.66% 0.147 164.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.0998, 48.3155, 38.7435)
Luminance	0.4832 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38D09B #D0386D

analogous

#38D04F #38D09B #38B9D0

triadic

#38D09B #9B38D0 #D09B38

tetradic

#38D09B #4F38D0 #D0386D #B9D038

square

#38D09B #4F38D0 #D0386D #B9D038

split-complementary

#38D09B #D038B9 #D04F38

monochromatic

#1B7354 #27A478 #38D09B #6ADCB4 #9BE7CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#38D09B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.66

#38D09B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38D09B

10.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38D09B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38D09B	1.00	1.97	10.66	10.66
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCC198

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9B39E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D0C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38d09b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 208, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.147 164.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84dfb8',
    500: '#38d09b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38d09b;
$custom-light: #84dfb8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38d09b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 208,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 159.079,
    "s": 61.789,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76664,
    "c": 0.14693,
    "h": 164.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.48319
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38D09B

secondary

#D391A8

accent

#437BE5

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FBF6

border

#CBD4D0

text

#0C1511

muted

#7D8380

Preview Lab

Preview with #38D09B

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

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