#38D7A8#38D7A8

#38D7A8 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.523; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.146 H 168.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#38D7A8
RGBrgb(56, 215, 168)
HSLhsl(162, 67%, 53%)
HSVhsv(162, 74%, 84%)
CMYKcmyk(74%, 0%, 21.9%, 15.7%)
CIE-LABlab(77.44, -51.35, 11.70)
CIE-LCHlch(77.44, 52.66, 167.16°)
OKLaboklab(78.74% -0.1425 0.0299)
OKLCHoklch(78.74% 0.146 168.1)
XYZxyz(32.9954, 52.2648, 45.3874)
Luminance0.5227 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#38D7A8 #D73867
analogous
#38D758 #38D7A8 #38B6D7
triadic
#38D7A8 #A838D7 #D7A838
tetradic
#38D7A8 #5838D7 #D73867 #B6D738
square
#38D7A8 #5838D7 #D73867 #B6D738
split-complementary
#38D7A8 #D738B6 #D75838
monochromatic
#197C5F #23AF85 #38D7A8 #6BE1BE #9EEBD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83
#38D7A8 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.45
#38D7A8 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38D7A8
11.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##38D7A8#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##38D7A81.001.8311.4511.45
#FFFFFF1.831.0021.0021.00
#00000011.4521.001.001.00
##00000011.4521.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#D2C8A6
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#BDB9AB
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00D8CA
Achromatopsia (no color)
#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #38d7a8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 215, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.146 168.1);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86e4c1',
    500: '#38d7a8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #38d7a8;
$custom-light: #86e4c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#38d7a8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 215,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 162.264,
    "s": 66.527,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78739,
    "c": 0.1456,
    "h": 168.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.52269
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#38D7A8
secondary
#833049
accent
#3E71E9
background
#FCFEFD
surface
#F4FCF9
border
#CED5D2
text
#0D1612
muted
#7F8482

Preview Lab

Preview with #38D7A8

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#38D7A8 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva