#38D9B4#38D9B4

#38D9B4 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.538; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.140 H 173.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38D9B4
RGB	rgb(56, 217, 180)
HSL	hsl(166, 68%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(166, 74%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.2%, 0%, 17.1%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.32, -49.27, 6.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.32, 49.71, 172.40°)
OKLab	oklab(79.55% -0.1389 0.0166)
OKLCH	oklch(79.55% 0.14 173.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.6777, 53.7576, 51.7198)
Luminance	0.5376 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38D9B4 #D9385D

analogous

#38D963 #38D9B4 #38ADD9

triadic

#38D9B4 #B438D9 #D9B438

tetradic

#38D9B4 #6338D9 #D9385D #ADD938

square

#38D9B4 #6338D9 #D9385D #ADD938

split-complementary

#38D9B4 #D938AD #D96338

monochromatic

#187E67 #22B291 #38D9B4 #6BE3C7 #9FEDDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#38D9B4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.75

#38D9B4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38D9B4

11.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38D9B4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38D9B4	1.00	1.79	11.75	11.75
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2CBB2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDBBB7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DBCE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38d9b4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 217, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.140 173.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86e5ca',
    500: '#38d9b4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38d9b4;
$custom-light: #86e5ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38d9b4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.211,
    "s": 67.932,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79552,
    "c": 0.13988,
    "h": 173.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.53762
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38D9B4

secondary

#863043

accent

#3D65EB

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F4FCF9

border

#CED5D2

text

#0D1613

muted

#7F8482

Preview Lab

Preview with #38D9B4

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

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