#38D9AD#38D9AD

#38D9AD is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.535; OKLCH L 79.4% C 0.144 H 169.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38D9AD
RGB	rgb(56, 217, 173)
HSL	hsl(164, 68%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(164, 74%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.2%, 0%, 20.3%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.16, -50.98, 10.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.16, 51.96, 168.83°)
OKLab	oklab(79.36% -0.1421 0.0257)
OKLCH	oklch(79.36% 0.144 169.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.9825, 53.4795, 48.0586)
Luminance	0.5348 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38D9AD #D93864

analogous

#38D95C #38D9AD #38B5D9

triadic

#38D9AD #AD38D9 #D9AD38

tetradic

#38D9AD #5C38D9 #D93864 #B5D938

square

#38D9AD #5C38D9 #D93864 #B5D938

split-complementary

#38D9AD #D938B5 #D95C38

monochromatic

#187E62 #22B28B #38D9AD #6BE3C2 #9FEDD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#38D9AD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.70

#38D9AD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38D9AD

11.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38D9AD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38D9AD	1.00	1.80	11.70	11.70
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3CAAB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEBBB0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DACC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38d9ad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 217, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.4% 0.144 169.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86e6c5',
    500: '#38d9ad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38d9ad;
$custom-light: #86e6c5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38d9ad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 163.602,
    "s": 67.932,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79365,
    "c": 0.14442,
    "h": 169.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.53484
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38D9AD

secondary

#863047

accent

#3D6CEB

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F4FCF9

border

#CED5D2

text

#0D1612

muted

#7F8482

Preview Lab

Preview with #38D9AD

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

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