#38D6B9#38D6B9

#38D6B9 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.524; OKLCH L 79.0% C 0.134 H 177.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38D6B9
RGB	rgb(56, 214, 185)
HSL	hsl(169, 66%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(169, 74%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.8%, 0%, 13.6%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.54, -46.76, 2.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.54, 46.84, 176.61°)
OKLab	oklab(78.95% -0.1337 0.0066)
OKLCH	oklch(78.95% 0.134 177.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.4300, 52.4325, 54.1954)
Luminance	0.5244 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38D6B9 #D63855

analogous

#38D66A #38D6B9 #38A4D6

triadic

#38D6B9 #B938D6 #D6B938

tetradic

#38D6B9 #6A38D6 #D63855 #A4D638

square

#38D6B9 #6A38D6 #D63855 #A4D638

split-complementary

#38D6B9 #D638A4 #D66A38

monochromatic

#197A69 #24AD94 #38D6B9 #6BE0CB #9DEBDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#38D6B9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.49

#38D6B9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38D6B9

11.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38D6B9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38D6B9	1.00	1.83	11.49	11.49
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CEC9B8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9B9BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D9CD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38d6b9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 214, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.134 177.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86e3ce',
    500: '#38d6b9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38d6b9;
$custom-light: #86e3ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38d6b9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.987,
    "s": 65.833,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78954,
    "c": 0.13385,
    "h": 177.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.52437
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38D6B9

secondary

#82303F

accent

#3F5EE9

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F4FCFA

border

#CED5D3

text

#0D1513

muted

#7F8483

Preview Lab

Preview with #38D6B9

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

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