#38D7AB#38D7AB

#38D7AB is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.524; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.143 H 169.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38D7AB
RGB	rgb(56, 215, 171)
HSL	hsl(163, 67%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(163, 74%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(74%, 0%, 20.5%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.51, -50.64, 10.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.51, 51.66, 168.61°)
OKLab	oklab(78.82% -0.1411 0.0261)
OKLCH	oklch(78.82% 0.143 169.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.2781, 52.3779, 46.8763)
Luminance	0.5238 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38D7AB #D73864

analogous

#38D75B #38D7AB #38B4D7

triadic

#38D7AB #AB38D7 #D7AB38

tetradic

#38D7AB #5B38D7 #D73864 #B4D738

square

#38D7AB #5B38D7 #D73864 #B4D738

split-complementary

#38D7AB #D738B4 #D75B38

monochromatic

#197C60 #23AF88 #38D7AB #6BE1C1 #9EEBD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#38D7AB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.48

#38D7AB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38D7AB

11.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38D7AB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38D7AB	1.00	1.83	11.48	11.48
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1C8A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDB9AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D8CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38d7ab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 215, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.143 169.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86e4c4',
    500: '#38d7ab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38d7ab;
$custom-light: #86e4c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38d7ab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 215,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 163.396,
    "s": 66.527,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78816,
    "c": 0.14349,
    "h": 169.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.52382
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38D7AB

secondary

#833047

accent

#3E6EE9

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F4FCF9

border

#CED5D2

text

#0D1612

muted

#7F8482

Preview Lab

Preview with #38D7AB

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

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