#38C7A5#38C7A5

#38C7A5 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.444; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.129 H 173.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C7A5
RGB	rgb(56, 199, 165)
HSL	hsl(166, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(166, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.9%, 0%, 17.1%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.50, -45.45, 6.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.50, 45.88, 172.16°)
OKLab	oklab(74.67% -0.1281 0.0158)
OKLCH	oklch(74.67% 0.129 173)
XYZ	xyz(28.8423, 44.4008, 42.6402)
Luminance	0.4440 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C7A5 #C7385A

analogous

#38C75D #38C7A5 #38A2C7

triadic

#38C7A5 #A538C7 #C7A538

tetradic

#38C7A5 #5D38C7 #C7385A #A2C738

square

#38C7A5 #5D38C7 #C7385A #A2C738

split-complementary

#38C7A5 #C738A2 #C75D38

monochromatic

#1D6756 #2B977D #38C7A5 #68D4BB #98E2D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#38C7A5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.88

#38C7A5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C7A5

9.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C7A5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C7A5	1.00	2.13	9.88	9.88
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0BAA3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADACA7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C9BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c7a5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 199, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.129 173.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83d9bf',
    500: '#38c7a5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c7a5;
$custom-light: #83d9bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c7a5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165.734,
    "s": 56.078,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74666,
    "c": 0.1291,
    "h": 173
  },
  "luminance": 0.44404
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C7A5

secondary

#CD8D9D

accent

#486CDF

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FAF7

border

#CBD3D0

text

#0C1512

muted

#7D8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C7A5

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

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