#38D9A4#38D9A4

#38D9A4 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.531; OKLCH L 79.1% C 0.151 H 165.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38D9A4
RGB	rgb(56, 217, 164)
HSL	hsl(160, 68%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(160, 74%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.2%, 0%, 24.4%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.96, -53.08, 14.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.96, 55.04, 164.66°)
OKLab	oklab(79.14% -0.1463 0.0372)
OKLCH	oklch(79.14% 0.151 165.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.1408, 53.1428, 43.6257)
Luminance	0.5315 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38D9A4 #D9386D

analogous

#38D953 #38D9A4 #38BED9

triadic

#38D9A4 #A438D9 #D9A438

tetradic

#38D9A4 #5338D9 #D9386D #BED938

square

#38D9A4 #5338D9 #D9386D #BED938

split-complementary

#38D9A4 #D938BE #D95338

monochromatic

#187E5D #22B282 #38D9A4 #6BE3BB #9FEDD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#38D9A4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.63

#38D9A4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38D9A4

11.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38D9A4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38D9A4	1.00	1.81	11.63	11.63
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4C9A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0BBA8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DACA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38d9a4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 217, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.1% 0.151 165.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86e6bf',
    500: '#38d9a4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38d9a4;
$custom-light: #86e6bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38d9a4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 160.248,
    "s": 67.932,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79137,
    "c": 0.15094,
    "h": 165.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.53147
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38D9A4

secondary

#86304C

accent

#3D76EB

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F4FCF8

border

#CED5D1

text

#0D1612

muted

#7F8482

Preview Lab

Preview with #38D9A4

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

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