#38D9A8#38D9A8

#38D9A8 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.533; OKLCH L 79.2% C 0.148 H 167.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38D9A8
RGB	rgb(56, 217, 168)
HSL	hsl(162, 68%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(162, 74%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.2%, 0%, 22.6%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.05, -52.15, 12.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.05, 53.65, 166.46°)
OKLab	oklab(79.24% -0.1444 0.0321)
OKLCH	oklch(79.24% 0.148 167.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.5077, 53.2896, 45.5581)
Luminance	0.5329 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38D9A8 #D93869

analogous

#38D957 #38D9A8 #38B9D9

triadic

#38D9A8 #A838D9 #D9A838

tetradic

#38D9A8 #5738D9 #D93869 #B9D938

square

#38D9A8 #5738D9 #D93869 #B9D938

split-complementary

#38D9A8 #D938B9 #D95738

monochromatic

#187E5F #22B286 #38D9A8 #6BE3BE #9FEDD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#38D9A8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.66

#38D9A8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38D9A8

11.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38D9A8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38D9A8	1.00	1.80	11.66	11.66
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4CAA5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFBBAB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DACB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38d9a8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 217, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.2% 0.148 167.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86e6c1',
    500: '#38d9a8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38d9a8;
$custom-light: #86e6c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38d9a8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 161.739,
    "s": 67.932,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79236,
    "c": 0.14796,
    "h": 167.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.53294
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38D9A8

secondary

#86304A

accent

#3D72EB

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F4FCF9

border

#CED5D2

text

#0D1612

muted

#7F8482

Preview Lab

Preview with #38D9A8

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

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