#38D9B5#38D9B5

#38D9B5 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.538; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.139 H 173.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#38D9B5
RGBrgb(56, 217, 181)
HSLhsl(167, 68%, 54%)
HSVhsv(167, 74%, 85%)
CMYKcmyk(74.2%, 0%, 16.6%, 14.9%)
CIE-LABlab(78.34, -49.03, 6.07)
CIE-LCHlch(78.34, 49.40, 172.94°)
OKLaboklab(79.58% -0.1384 0.0153)
OKLCHoklch(79.58% 0.139 173.7)
XYZxyz(34.7799, 53.7985, 52.2582)
Luminance0.5380 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#38D9B5 #D9385C
analogous
#38D964 #38D9B5 #38ACD9
triadic
#38D9B5 #B538D9 #D9B538
tetradic
#38D9B5 #6438D9 #D9385C #ACD938
square
#38D9B5 #6438D9 #D9385C #ACD938
split-complementary
#38D9B5 #D938AC #D96438
monochromatic
#187E68 #22B292 #38D9B5 #6BE3C8 #9FEDDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79
#38D9B5 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.76
#38D9B5 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38D9B5
11.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##38D9B5#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##38D9B51.001.7911.7611.76
#FFFFFF1.791.0021.0021.00
#00000011.7621.001.001.00
##00000011.7621.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#D2CBB3
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#BDBBB8
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00DBCE
Achromatopsia (no color)
#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #38d9b5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 217, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.139 173.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86e5cb',
    500: '#38d9b5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #38d9b5;
$custom-light: #86e5cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#38d9b5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.584,
    "s": 67.932,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7958,
    "c": 0.13927,
    "h": 173.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.53803
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#38D9B5
secondary
#863043
accent
#3D64EB
background
#FCFEFD
surface
#F4FCF9
border
#CED5D2
text
#0D1613
muted
#7F8482

Preview Lab

Preview with #38D9B5

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#38D9B5 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva