#38D7A6#38D7A6

#38D7A6 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.522; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.147 H 167.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38D7A6
RGB	rgb(56, 215, 166)
HSL	hsl(162, 67%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(162, 74%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(74%, 0%, 22.8%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.39, -51.82, 12.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.39, 53.35, 166.23°)
OKLab	oklab(78.69% -0.1434 0.0325)
OKLCH	oklch(78.69% 0.147 167.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.8105, 52.1909, 44.4136)
Luminance	0.5220 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38D7A6 #D73869

analogous

#38D756 #38D7A6 #38B9D7

triadic

#38D7A6 #A638D7 #D7A638

tetradic

#38D7A6 #5638D7 #D73869 #B9D738

square

#38D7A6 #5638D7 #D73869 #B9D738

split-complementary

#38D7A6 #D738B9 #D75638

monochromatic

#197C5D #23AF84 #38D7A6 #6BE1BD #9EEBD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#38D7A6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.44

#38D7A6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38D7A6

11.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38D7A6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38D7A6	1.00	1.84	11.44	11.44
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2C8A3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEB9A9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D8C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38d7a6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 215, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.147 167.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85e4c0',
    500: '#38d7a6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38d7a6;
$custom-light: #85e4c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38d7a6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 215,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 161.509,
    "s": 66.527,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78688,
    "c": 0.14705,
    "h": 167.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.52195
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38D7A6

secondary

#83304A

accent

#3E73E9

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F4FCF9

border

#CED5D2

text

#0D1612

muted

#7F8482

Preview Lab

Preview with #38D7A6

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

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