#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
RGB	rgb(56, 215, 168)
HSL	hsl(162, 67%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(162, 74%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(74%, 0%, 21.9%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.44, -51.35, 11.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.44, 52.66, 167.16°)
OKLab	oklab(78.74% -0.1425 0.0299)
OKLCH	oklch(78.74% 0.146 168.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.9954, 52.2648, 45.3874)
Luminance	0.5227 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

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
##38D7A8	1.00	1.83	11.45	11.45
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

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

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