#38D9AA#38D9AA

#38D9AA is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.534; OKLCH L 79.3% C 0.147 H 168.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38D9AA
RGB	rgb(56, 217, 170)
HSL	hsl(162, 68%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(162, 74%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.2%, 0%, 21.7%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.09, -51.69, 11.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.09, 52.96, 167.39°)
OKLab	oklab(79.29% -0.1435 0.0295)
OKLCH	oklch(79.29% 0.147 168.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.6955, 53.3647, 46.5470)
Luminance	0.5337 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38D9AA #D93867

analogous

#38D959 #38D9AA #38B8D9

triadic

#38D9AA #AA38D9 #D9AA38

tetradic

#38D9AA #5938D9 #D93867 #B8D938

square

#38D9AA #5938D9 #D93867 #B8D938

split-complementary

#38D9AA #D938B8 #D95938

monochromatic

#187E61 #22B288 #38D9AA #6BE3C0 #9FEDD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#38D9AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.67

#38D9AA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38D9AA

11.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38D9AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38D9AA	1.00	1.80	11.67	11.67
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3CAA8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFBBAD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DACC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38d9aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 217, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.3% 0.147 168.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86e6c3',
    500: '#38d9aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38d9aa;
$custom-light: #86e6c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38d9aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 162.484,
    "s": 67.932,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79287,
    "c": 0.14652,
    "h": 168.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.53369
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38D9AA

secondary

#863049

accent

#3D70EB

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F4FCF9

border

#CED5D2

text

#0D1612

muted

#7F8482

Preview Lab

Preview with #38D9AA

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

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