#38D7AA#38D7AA

#38D7AA is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.523; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.144 H 169.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38D7AA
RGB	rgb(56, 215, 170)
HSL	hsl(163, 67%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(163, 74%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(74%, 0%, 20.9%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.48, -50.88, 10.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.48, 51.99, 168.12°)
OKLab	oklab(78.79% -0.1416 0.0273)
OKLCH	oklch(78.79% 0.144 169.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.1831, 52.3399, 46.3762)
Luminance	0.5234 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38D7AA #D73865

analogous

#38D75A #38D7AA #38B4D7

triadic

#38D7AA #AA38D7 #D7AA38

tetradic

#38D7AA #5A38D7 #D73865 #B4D738

square

#38D7AA #5A38D7 #D73865 #B4D738

split-complementary

#38D7AA #D738B4 #D75A38

monochromatic

#197C60 #23AF87 #38D7AA #6BE1C0 #9EEBD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#38D7AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.47

#38D7AA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38D7AA

11.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38D7AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38D7AA	1.00	1.83	11.47	11.47
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1C8A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDB9AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D8CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38d7aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 215, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.144 169.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86e4c3',
    500: '#38d7aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38d7aa;
$custom-light: #86e4c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38d7aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 215,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 163.019,
    "s": 66.527,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7879,
    "c": 0.14418,
    "h": 169.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.52344
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38D7AA

secondary

#833047

accent

#3E6FE9

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F4FCF9

border

#CED5D2

text

#0D1612

muted

#7F8482

Preview Lab

Preview with #38D7AA

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →