#38D7A9#38D7A9

#38D7A9 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.523; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.145 H 168.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38D7A9
RGB	rgb(56, 215, 169)
HSL	hsl(163, 67%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(163, 74%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(74%, 0%, 21.4%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.46, -51.11, 11.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.46, 52.33, 167.64°)
OKLab	oklab(78.76% -0.142 0.0286)
OKLCH	oklch(78.76% 0.145 168.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.0889, 52.3023, 45.8799)
Luminance	0.5231 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38D7A9 #D73866

analogous

#38D75A #38D7A9 #38B5D7

triadic

#38D7A9 #A938D7 #D7A938

tetradic

#38D7A9 #5A38D7 #D73866 #B5D738

square

#38D7A9 #5A38D7 #D73866 #B5D738

split-complementary

#38D7A9 #D738B5 #D75A38

monochromatic

#197C5F #23AF86 #38D7A9 #6BE1BF #9EEBD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#38D7A9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.46

#38D7A9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38D7A9

11.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38D7A9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38D7A9	1.00	1.83	11.46	11.46
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1C8A7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDB9AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D8CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38d7a9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 215, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.145 168.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86e4c2',
    500: '#38d7a9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38d7a9;
$custom-light: #86e4c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38d7a9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 215,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 162.642,
    "s": 66.527,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78764,
    "c": 0.14488,
    "h": 168.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.52306
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38D7A9

secondary

#833048

accent

#3E70E9

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F4FCF9

border

#CED5D2

text

#0D1612

muted

#7F8482

Preview Lab

Preview with #38D7A9

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

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