#38D9AE#38D9AE

#38D9AE is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.535; OKLCH L 79.4% C 0.144 H 170.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38D9AE
RGB	rgb(56, 217, 174)
HSL	hsl(164, 68%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(164, 74%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.2%, 0%, 19.8%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.18, -50.74, 9.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.18, 51.63, 169.32°)
OKLab	oklab(79.39% -0.1417 0.0244)
OKLCH	oklch(79.39% 0.144 170.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.0796, 53.5184, 48.5702)
Luminance	0.5352 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38D9AE #D93863

analogous

#38D95D #38D9AE #38B3D9

triadic

#38D9AE #AE38D9 #D9AE38

tetradic

#38D9AE #5D38D9 #D93863 #B3D938

square

#38D9AE #5D38D9 #D93863 #B3D938

split-complementary

#38D9AE #D938B3 #D95D38

monochromatic

#187E63 #22B28B #38D9AE #6BE3C3 #9FEDD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#38D9AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.70

#38D9AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38D9AE

11.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38D9AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38D9AE	1.00	1.79	11.70	11.70
#FFFFFF	1.79	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)

#D3CAAC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEBBB1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DBCD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38d9ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 217, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.4% 0.144 170.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86e6c6',
    500: '#38d9ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38d9ae;
$custom-light: #86e6c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38d9ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 163.975,
    "s": 67.932,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79391,
    "c": 0.14375,
    "h": 170.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.53522
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38D9AE

secondary

#863047

accent

#3D6BEB

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F4FCF9

border

#CED5D2

text

#0D1613

muted

#7F8482

Preview Lab

Preview with #38D9AE

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

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