#38D4A9#38D4A9

#38D4A9 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.508; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.141 H 169.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38D4A9
RGB	rgb(56, 212, 169)
HSL	hsl(163, 64%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(163, 74%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.6%, 0%, 20.3%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.55, -49.89, 9.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.55, 50.86, 168.77°)
OKLab	oklab(78.02% -0.1391 0.0253)
OKLCH	oklch(78.02% 0.141 169.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.3320, 50.7884, 45.6276)
Luminance	0.5079 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38D4A9 #D43863

analogous

#38D45B #38D4A9 #38B1D4

triadic

#38D4A9 #A938D4 #D4A938

tetradic

#38D4A9 #5B38D4 #D43863 #B1D438

square

#38D4A9 #5B38D4 #D43863 #B1D438

split-complementary

#38D4A9 #D438B1 #D45B38

monochromatic

#1A785E #25AA85 #38D4A9 #6ADFBF #9DEAD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#38D4A9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.16

#38D4A9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38D4A9

11.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38D4A9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38D4A9	1.00	1.88	11.16	11.16
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CEC6A7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAB7AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D5C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38d4a9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 212, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.141 169.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85e2c2',
    500: '#38d4a9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38d4a9;
$custom-light: #85e2c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38d4a9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 163.462,
    "s": 64.463,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78018,
    "c": 0.14139,
    "h": 169.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.50792
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38D4A9

secondary

#803046

accent

#406EE7

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F4FCF9

border

#CED5D2

text

#0D1512

muted

#7F8482

Preview Lab

Preview with #38D4A9

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

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