#38D9B2#38D9B2

#38D9B2 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.537; OKLCH L 79.5% C 0.141 H 172.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38D9B2
RGB	rgb(56, 217, 178)
HSL	hsl(165, 68%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(165, 74%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.2%, 0%, 18%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.27, -49.77, 7.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.27, 50.34, 171.35°)
OKLab	oklab(79.5% -0.1398 0.0192)
OKLCH	oklch(79.5% 0.141 172.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.4754, 53.6767, 50.6545)
Luminance	0.5368 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38D9B2 #D9385F

analogous

#38D961 #38D9B2 #38AFD9

triadic

#38D9B2 #B238D9 #D9B238

tetradic

#38D9B2 #6138D9 #D9385F #AFD938

square

#38D9B2 #6138D9 #D9385F #AFD938

split-complementary

#38D9B2 #D938AF #D96138

monochromatic

#187E66 #22B28F #38D9B2 #6BE3C6 #9FEDDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#38D9B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.74

#38D9B2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38D9B2

11.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38D9B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38D9B2	1.00	1.79	11.74	11.74
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2CBB0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDBBB5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DBCE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38d9b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 217, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.5% 0.141 172.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86e5c9',
    500: '#38d9b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38d9b2;
$custom-light: #86e5c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38d9b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165.466,
    "s": 67.932,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79498,
    "c": 0.14112,
    "h": 172.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.53681
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38D9B2

secondary

#863044

accent

#3D67EB

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F4FCF9

border

#CED5D2

text

#0D1613

muted

#7F8482

Preview Lab

Preview with #38D9B2

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

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