#38D7A4#38D7A4

#38D7A4 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.521; OKLCH L 78.6% C 0.149 H 166.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38D7A4
RGB	rgb(56, 215, 164)
HSL	hsl(161, 67%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(161, 74%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(74%, 0%, 23.7%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.35, -52.28, 13.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.35, 54.04, 165.32°)
OKLab	oklab(78.64% -0.1443 0.035)
OKLCH	oklch(78.64% 0.149 166.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.6284, 52.1181, 43.4549)
Luminance	0.5212 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38D7A4 #D7386B

analogous

#38D754 #38D7A4 #38BAD7

triadic

#38D7A4 #A438D7 #D7A438

tetradic

#38D7A4 #5438D7 #D7386B #BAD738

square

#38D7A4 #5438D7 #D7386B #BAD738

split-complementary

#38D7A4 #D738BA #D75438

monochromatic

#197C5C #23AF82 #38D7A4 #6BE1BB #9EEBD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#38D7A4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.42

#38D7A4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38D7A4

11.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38D7A4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38D7A4	1.00	1.84	11.42	11.42
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2C8A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEB9A7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D8C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38d7a4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 215, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.149 166.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85e4bf',
    500: '#38d7a4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38d7a4;
$custom-light: #85e4bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38d7a4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 215,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 160.755,
    "s": 66.527,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78638,
    "c": 0.14853,
    "h": 166.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.52122
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38D7A4

secondary

#83304B

accent

#3E75E9

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F4FCF8

border

#CED5D1

text

#0D1612

muted

#7F8482

Preview Lab

Preview with #38D7A4

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

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