#38D9AF#38D9AF

#38D9AF is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.536; OKLCH L 79.4% C 0.143 H 170.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38D9AF
RGB	rgb(56, 217, 175)
HSL	hsl(164, 68%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(164, 74%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.2%, 0%, 19.4%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.20, -50.49, 9.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.20, 51.30, 169.82°)
OKLab	oklab(79.42% -0.1412 0.0231)
OKLCH	oklch(79.42% 0.143 170.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.1775, 53.5575, 49.0855)
Luminance	0.5356 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38D9AF #D93862

analogous

#38D95E #38D9AF #38B2D9

triadic

#38D9AF #AF38D9 #D9AF38

tetradic

#38D9AF #5E38D9 #D93862 #B2D938

square

#38D9AF #5E38D9 #D93862 #B2D938

split-complementary

#38D9AF #D938B2 #D95E38

monochromatic

#187E64 #22B28C #38D9AF #6BE3C4 #9FEDD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#38D9AF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.71

#38D9AF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38D9AF

11.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38D9AF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38D9AF	1.00	1.79	11.71	11.71
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3CAAD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEBBB2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DBCD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38d9af;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 217, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.4% 0.143 170.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86e6c6',
    500: '#38d9af',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38d9af;
$custom-light: #86e6c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38d9af",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 164.348,
    "s": 67.932,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79417,
    "c": 0.14308,
    "h": 170.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.53562
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38D9AF

secondary

#863046

accent

#3D6AEB

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F4FCF9

border

#CED5D2

text

#0D1613

muted

#7F8482

Preview Lab

Preview with #38D9AF

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

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