#38DCA9#38DCA9

#38DCA9 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.549; OKLCH L 80.0% C 0.151 H 166.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38DCA9
RGB	rgb(56, 220, 169)
HSL	hsl(161, 70%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(161, 75%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.5%, 0%, 23.2%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.98, -53.12, 13.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.98, 54.77, 165.90°)
OKLab	oklab(80.01% -0.1469 0.0341)
OKLCH	oklch(80.01% 0.151 166.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.3816, 54.8876, 46.3108)
Luminance	0.5489 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38DCA9 #DC386B

analogous

#38DC57 #38DCA9 #38BDDC

triadic

#38DCA9 #A938DC #DCA938

tetradic

#38DCA9 #5738DC #DC386B #BDDC38

square

#38DCA9 #5738DC #DC386B #BDDC38

split-complementary

#38DCA9 #DC38BD #DC5738

monochromatic

#178361 #20B788 #38DCA9 #6CE5BF #A0EED6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#38DCA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.98

#38DCA9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38DCA9

11.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38DCA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38DCA9	1.00	1.75	11.98	11.98
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7CCA6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2BDAC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DDCE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38dca9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 220, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.0% 0.151 166.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86e8c2',
    500: '#38dca9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38dca9;
$custom-light: #86e8c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38dca9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 161.341,
    "s": 70.085,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80007,
    "c": 0.15078,
    "h": 166.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.54892
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38DCA9

secondary

#892F4B

accent

#3B72ED

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F4FDF9

border

#CED5D2

text

#0D1612

muted

#7F8482

Preview Lab

Preview with #38DCA9

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

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