#38D9A5#38D9A5

#38D9A5 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.532; OKLCH L 79.2% C 0.150 H 166.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#38D9A5
RGBrgb(56, 217, 165)
HSLhsl(161, 68%, 54%)
HSVhsv(161, 74%, 85%)
CMYKcmyk(74.2%, 0%, 24%, 14.9%)
CIE-LABlab(77.98, -52.85, 14.06)
CIE-LCHlch(77.98, 54.68, 165.11°)
OKLaboklab(79.16% -0.1458 0.0359)
OKLCHoklch(79.16% 0.15 166.2)
XYZxyz(33.2315, 53.1791, 44.1032)
Luminance0.5318 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#38D9A5 #D9386C
analogous
#38D954 #38D9A5 #38BCD9
triadic
#38D9A5 #A538D9 #D9A538
tetradic
#38D9A5 #5438D9 #D9386C #BCD938
square
#38D9A5 #5438D9 #D9386C #BCD938
split-complementary
#38D9A5 #D938BC #D95438
monochromatic
#187E5D #22B283 #38D9A5 #6BE3BC #9FEDD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80
#38D9A5 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.64
#38D9A5 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38D9A5
11.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##38D9A5#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##38D9A51.001.8011.6411.64
#FFFFFF1.801.0021.0021.00
#00000011.6421.001.001.00
##00000011.6421.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#D4CAA2
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C0BBA8
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00DACB
Achromatopsia (no color)
#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #38d9a5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 217, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.2% 0.150 166.2);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86e6bf',
    500: '#38d9a5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #38d9a5;
$custom-light: #86e6bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#38d9a5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 160.621,
    "s": 67.932,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79162,
    "c": 0.15019,
    "h": 166.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.53183
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#38D9A5
secondary
#86304B
accent
#3D75EB
background
#FCFEFD
surface
#F4FCF8
border
#CED5D1
text
#0D1612
muted
#7F8482

Preview Lab

Preview with #38D9A5

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#38D9A5 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva