#38D9A0#38D9A0

#38D9A0 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.530; OKLCH L 79.0% C 0.154 H 164.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38D9A0
RGB	rgb(56, 217, 160)
HSL	hsl(159, 68%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(159, 74%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.2%, 0%, 26.3%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.88, -53.98, 16.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.88, 56.46, 162.95°)
OKLab	oklab(79.04% -0.1481 0.0422)
OKLCH	oklch(79.04% 0.154 164.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.7853, 53.0006, 41.7531)
Luminance	0.5301 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38D9A0 #D93871

analogous

#38D94F #38D9A0 #38C1D9

triadic

#38D9A0 #A038D9 #D9A038

tetradic

#38D9A0 #4F38D9 #D93871 #C1D938

square

#38D9A0 #4F38D9 #D93871 #C1D938

split-complementary

#38D9A0 #D938C1 #D94F38

monochromatic

#187E5A #22B27F #38D9A0 #6BE3B9 #9FEDD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#38D9A0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.60

#38D9A0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38D9A0

11.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38D9A0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38D9A0	1.00	1.81	11.60	11.60
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5C99D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1BBA4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D9C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38d9a0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 217, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.154 164.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86e6bc',
    500: '#38d9a0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38d9a0;
$custom-light: #86e6bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38d9a0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 158.758,
    "s": 67.932,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7904,
    "c": 0.15405,
    "h": 164.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.53005
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38D9A0

secondary

#86304E

accent

#3D7BEB

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F4FCF8

border

#CED5D1

text

#0D1612

muted

#7F8482

Preview Lab

Preview with #38D9A0

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

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