#38D3A8#38D3A8

#38D3A8 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.503; OKLCH L 77.7% C 0.141 H 169.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#38D3A8
RGBrgb(56, 211, 168)
HSLhsl(163, 64%, 52%)
HSVhsv(163, 73%, 83%)
CMYKcmyk(73.5%, 0%, 20.4%, 17.3%)
CIE-LABlab(76.22, -49.72, 9.97)
CIE-LCHlch(76.22, 50.71, 168.66°)
OKLaboklab(77.74% -0.1386 0.0255)
OKLCHoklch(77.74% 0.141 169.6)
XYZxyz(31.9893, 50.2526, 45.0520)
Luminance0.5026 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#38D3A8 #D33863
analogous
#38D35B #38D3A8 #38B0D3
triadic
#38D3A8 #A838D3 #D3A838
tetradic
#38D3A8 #5B38D3 #D33863 #B0D338
square
#38D3A8 #5B38D3 #D33863 #B0D338
split-complementary
#38D3A8 #D338B0 #D35B38
monochromatic
#1A765D #25A984 #38D3A8 #6ADEBE #9CE9D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90
#38D3A8 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.05
#38D3A8 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38D3A8
11.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##38D3A8#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##38D3A81.001.9011.0511.05
#FFFFFF1.901.0021.0021.00
#00000011.0521.001.001.00
##00000011.0521.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#CDC5A6
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#B9B6AB
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00D4C7
Achromatopsia (no color)
#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #38d3a8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 211, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.7% 0.141 169.6);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85e1c1',
    500: '#38d3a8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #38d3a8;
$custom-light: #85e1c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#38d3a8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 211,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 163.355,
    "s": 63.786,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77743,
    "c": 0.14091,
    "h": 169.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.50256
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#38D3A8
secondary
#7F3046
accent
#416FE7
background
#FCFEFD
surface
#F4FCF9
border
#CED5D2
text
#0D1512
muted
#7F8482

Preview Lab

Preview with #38D3A8

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#38D3A8 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva