#38D9A1#38D9A1

#38D9A1 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.530; OKLCH L 79.1% C 0.153 H 164.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38D9A1
RGB	rgb(56, 217, 161)
HSL	hsl(159, 68%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(159, 74%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.2%, 0%, 25.8%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.90, -53.75, 16.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.90, 56.10, 163.37°)
OKLab	oklab(79.06% -0.1477 0.041)
OKLCH	oklch(79.06% 0.153 164.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.8731, 53.0358, 42.2157)
Luminance	0.5304 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38D9A1 #D93870

analogous

#38D950 #38D9A1 #38C1D9

triadic

#38D9A1 #A138D9 #D9A138

tetradic

#38D9A1 #5038D9 #D93870 #C1D938

square

#38D9A1 #5038D9 #D93870 #C1D938

split-complementary

#38D9A1 #D938C1 #D95038

monochromatic

#187E5B #22B280 #38D9A1 #6BE3B9 #9FEDD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#38D9A1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.61

#38D9A1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38D9A1

11.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38D9A1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38D9A1	1.00	1.81	11.61	11.61
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5C99E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1BBA5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D9CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38d9a1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 217, 161);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.1% 0.153 164.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86e6bd',
    500: '#38d9a1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38d9a1;
$custom-light: #86e6bd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38d9a1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 161
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 159.13,
    "s": 67.932,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79064,
    "c": 0.15326,
    "h": 164.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.5304
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38D9A1

secondary

#86304D

accent

#3D79EB

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F4FCF8

border

#CED5D1

text

#0D1612

muted

#7F8482

Preview Lab

Preview with #38D9A1

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

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