#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
RGBrgb(56, 215, 164)
HSLhsl(161, 67%, 53%)
HSVhsv(161, 74%, 84%)
CMYKcmyk(74%, 0%, 23.7%, 15.7%)
CIE-LABlab(77.35, -52.28, 13.70)
CIE-LCHlch(77.35, 54.04, 165.32°)
OKLaboklab(78.64% -0.1443 0.035)
OKLCHoklch(78.64% 0.149 166.4)
XYZxyz(32.6284, 52.1181, 43.4549)
Luminance0.5212 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familyteal

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
##38D7A41.001.8411.4211.42
#FFFFFF1.841.0021.0021.00
#00000011.4221.001.001.00
##00000011.4221.001.001.00

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

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#38D7A4 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva