#38D9B7#38D9B7

#38D9B7 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.539; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.138 H 174.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38D9B7
RGB	rgb(56, 217, 183)
HSL	hsl(167, 68%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(167, 74%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.2%, 0%, 15.7%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.39, -48.53, 5.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.39, 48.79, 174.03°)
OKLab	oklab(79.64% -0.1375 0.0127)
OKLCH	oklch(79.64% 0.138 174.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.9866, 53.8811, 53.3467)
Luminance	0.5389 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38D9B7 #D9385A

analogous

#38D966 #38D9B7 #38AAD9

triadic

#38D9B7 #B738D9 #D9B738

tetradic

#38D9B7 #6638D9 #D9385A #AAD938

square

#38D9B7 #6638D9 #D9385A #AAD938

split-complementary

#38D9B7 #D938AA #D96638

monochromatic

#187E69 #22B293 #38D9B7 #6BE3CA #9FEDDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#38D9B7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.78

#38D9B7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38D9B7

11.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38D9B7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38D9B7	1.00	1.78	11.78	11.78
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1CBB5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCBCBA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DCCF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38d9b7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 217, 183);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.138 174.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87e5cc',
    500: '#38d9b7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38d9b7;
$custom-light: #87e5cc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38d9b7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 183
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 167.329,
    "s": 67.932,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79635,
    "c": 0.13811,
    "h": 174.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.53885
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38D9B7

secondary

#863042

accent

#3D62EB

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F4FCFA

border

#CED5D3

text

#0D1613

muted

#7F8483

Preview Lab

Preview with #38D9B7

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

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