#38D3A4#38D3A4

#38D3A4 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.501; OKLCH L 77.6% C 0.144 H 167.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38D3A4
RGB	rgb(56, 211, 164)
HSL	hsl(162, 64%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(162, 73%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.5%, 0%, 22.3%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.13, -50.67, 11.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.13, 52.07, 166.70°)
OKLab	oklab(77.64% -0.1404 0.0306)
OKLCH	oklch(77.64% 0.144 167.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.6223, 50.1059, 43.1196)
Luminance	0.5011 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38D3A4 #D33867

analogous

#38D356 #38D3A4 #38B5D3

triadic

#38D3A4 #A438D3 #D3A438

tetradic

#38D3A4 #5638D3 #D33867 #B5D338

square

#38D3A4 #5638D3 #D33867 #B5D338

split-complementary

#38D3A4 #D338B5 #D35638

monochromatic

#1A765A #25A981 #38D3A4 #6ADEBB #9CE9D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#38D3A4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.02

#38D3A4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38D3A4

11.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38D3A4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38D3A4	1.00	1.91	11.02	11.02
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CEC4A2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAB6A7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D4C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38d3a4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 211, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.6% 0.144 167.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85e1bf',
    500: '#38d3a4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38d3a4;
$custom-light: #85e1bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38d3a4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 211,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 161.806,
    "s": 63.786,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77639,
    "c": 0.14375,
    "h": 167.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.5011
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38D3A4

secondary

#7F3048

accent

#4173E7

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F4FCF8

border

#CED5D1

text

#0D1512

muted

#7F8482

Preview Lab

Preview with #38D3A4

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

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