#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
RGBrgb(56, 217, 161)
HSLhsl(159, 68%, 54%)
HSVhsv(159, 74%, 85%)
CMYKcmyk(74.2%, 0%, 25.8%, 14.9%)
CIE-LABlab(77.90, -53.75, 16.05)
CIE-LCHlch(77.90, 56.10, 163.37°)
OKLaboklab(79.06% -0.1477 0.041)
OKLCHoklch(79.06% 0.153 164.5)
XYZxyz(32.8731, 53.0358, 42.2157)
Luminance0.5304 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familyteal

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
##38D9A11.001.8111.6111.61
#FFFFFF1.811.0021.0021.00
#00000011.6121.001.001.00
##00000011.6121.001.001.00

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

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#38D9A1 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva