#38D9A3#38D9A3

#38D9A3 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.531; OKLCH L 79.1% C 0.152 H 165.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38D9A3
RGB	rgb(56, 217, 163)
HSL	hsl(160, 68%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(160, 74%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.2%, 0%, 24.9%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.94, -53.30, 15.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.94, 55.39, 164.23°)
OKLab	oklab(79.11% -0.1468 0.0384)
OKLCH	oklch(79.11% 0.152 165.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.0509, 53.1069, 43.1520)
Luminance	0.5311 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38D9A3 #D9386E

analogous

#38D952 #38D9A3 #38BED9

triadic

#38D9A3 #A338D9 #D9A338

tetradic

#38D9A3 #5238D9 #D9386E #BED938

square

#38D9A3 #5238D9 #D9386E #BED938

split-complementary

#38D9A3 #D938BE #D95238

monochromatic

#187E5C #22B282 #38D9A3 #6BE3BB #9FEDD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#38D9A3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.62

#38D9A3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38D9A3

11.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38D9A3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38D9A3	1.00	1.81	11.62	11.62
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4C9A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0BBA7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D9CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38d9a3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 217, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.1% 0.152 165.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86e6be',
    500: '#38d9a3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38d9a3;
$custom-light: #86e6be;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38d9a3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 159.876,
    "s": 67.932,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79112,
    "c": 0.15171,
    "h": 165.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.53111
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38D9A3

secondary

#86304C

accent

#3D77EB

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F4FCF8

border

#CED5D1

text

#0D1612

muted

#7F8482

Preview Lab

Preview with #38D9A3

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

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