#38D9AB#38D9AB

#38D9AB is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.534; OKLCH L 79.3% C 0.146 H 168.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38D9AB
RGB	rgb(56, 217, 171)
HSL	hsl(163, 68%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(163, 74%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.2%, 0%, 21.2%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.11, -51.45, 11.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.11, 52.63, 167.87°)
OKLab	oklab(79.31% -0.143 0.0283)
OKLCH	oklch(79.31% 0.146 168.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.7904, 53.4027, 47.0471)
Luminance	0.5341 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38D9AB #D93866

analogous

#38D95A #38D9AB #38B6D9

triadic

#38D9AB #AB38D9 #D9AB38

tetradic

#38D9AB #5A38D9 #D93866 #B6D938

square

#38D9AB #5A38D9 #D93866 #B6D938

split-complementary

#38D9AB #D938B6 #D95A38

monochromatic

#187E61 #22B289 #38D9AB #6BE3C1 #9FEDD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#38D9AB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.68

#38D9AB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38D9AB

11.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38D9AB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38D9AB	1.00	1.80	11.68	11.68
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3CAA9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFBBAE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DACC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38d9ab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 217, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.3% 0.146 168.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86e6c4',
    500: '#38d9ab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38d9ab;
$custom-light: #86e6c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38d9ab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 162.857,
    "s": 67.932,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79313,
    "c": 0.14581,
    "h": 168.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.53407
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38D9AB

secondary

#863048

accent

#3D6FEB

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F4FCF9

border

#CED5D2

text

#0D1612

muted

#7F8482

Preview Lab

Preview with #38D9AB

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

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