#38D9A6#38D9A6

#38D9A6 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.532; OKLCH L 79.2% C 0.149 H 166.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38D9A6
RGB	rgb(56, 217, 166)
HSL	hsl(161, 68%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(161, 74%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.2%, 0%, 23.5%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.00, -52.62, 13.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.00, 54.34, 165.55°)
OKLab	oklab(79.19% -0.1454 0.0347)
OKLCH	oklch(79.19% 0.149 166.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.3229, 53.2157, 44.5844)
Luminance	0.5322 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38D9A6 #D9386B

analogous

#38D955 #38D9A6 #38BBD9

triadic

#38D9A6 #A638D9 #D9A638

tetradic

#38D9A6 #5538D9 #D9386B #BBD938

square

#38D9A6 #5538D9 #D9386B #BBD938

split-complementary

#38D9A6 #D938BB #D95538

monochromatic

#187E5E #22B284 #38D9A6 #6BE3BD #9FEDD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#38D9A6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.64

#38D9A6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38D9A6

11.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38D9A6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38D9A6	1.00	1.80	11.64	11.64
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4CAA3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0BBA9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DACB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38d9a6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 217, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.2% 0.149 166.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86e6c0',
    500: '#38d9a6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38d9a6;
$custom-light: #86e6c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38d9a6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 160.994,
    "s": 67.932,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79186,
    "c": 0.14944,
    "h": 166.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.5322
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38D9A6

secondary

#86304B

accent

#3D74EB

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F4FCF9

border

#CED5D2

text

#0D1612

muted

#7F8482

Preview Lab

Preview with #38D9A6

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

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