#38D9AC#38D9AC

#38D9AC is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.534; OKLCH L 79.3% C 0.145 H 169.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38D9AC
RGB	rgb(56, 217, 172)
HSL	hsl(163, 68%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(163, 74%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.2%, 0%, 20.7%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.13, -51.21, 10.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.13, 52.29, 168.35°)
OKLab	oklab(79.34% -0.1426 0.027)
OKLCH	oklch(79.34% 0.145 169.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.8861, 53.4410, 47.5509)
Luminance	0.5344 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38D9AC #D93865

analogous

#38D95B #38D9AC #38B5D9

triadic

#38D9AC #AC38D9 #D9AC38

tetradic

#38D9AC #5B38D9 #D93865 #B5D938

square

#38D9AC #5B38D9 #D93865 #B5D938

split-complementary

#38D9AC #D938B5 #D95B38

monochromatic

#187E62 #22B28A #38D9AC #6BE3C1 #9FEDD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#38D9AC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.69

#38D9AC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38D9AC

11.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38D9AC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38D9AC	1.00	1.80	11.69	11.69
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3CAAA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEBBAF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DACC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38d9ac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 217, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.3% 0.145 169.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86e6c4',
    500: '#38d9ac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38d9ac;
$custom-light: #86e6c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38d9ac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 163.23,
    "s": 67.932,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79339,
    "c": 0.14511,
    "h": 169.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.53445
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38D9AC

secondary

#863048

accent

#3D6EEB

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F4FCF9

border

#CED5D2

text

#0D1612

muted

#7F8482

Preview Lab

Preview with #38D9AC

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

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