#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
RGB	rgb(56, 211, 168)
HSL	hsl(163, 64%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(163, 73%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.5%, 0%, 20.4%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.22, -49.72, 9.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.22, 50.71, 168.66°)
OKLab	oklab(77.74% -0.1386 0.0255)
OKLCH	oklch(77.74% 0.141 169.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.9893, 50.2526, 45.0520)
Luminance	0.5026 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

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
##38D3A8	1.00	1.90	11.05	11.05
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

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

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