#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
RGB	rgb(56, 217, 181)
HSL	hsl(167, 68%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(167, 74%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.2%, 0%, 16.6%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.34, -49.03, 6.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.34, 49.40, 172.94°)
OKLab	oklab(79.58% -0.1384 0.0153)
OKLCH	oklch(79.58% 0.139 173.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.7799, 53.7985, 52.2582)
Luminance	0.5380 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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
##38D9B5	1.00	1.79	11.76	11.76
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

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

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