#38D7AF#38D7AF

#38D7AF is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.525; OKLCH L 78.9% C 0.141 H 171.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38D7AF
RGB	rgb(56, 215, 175)
HSL	hsl(165, 67%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(165, 74%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(74%, 0%, 18.6%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.60, -49.67, 8.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.60, 50.35, 170.63°)
OKLab	oklab(78.92% -0.1393 0.0209)
OKLCH	oklch(78.92% 0.141 171.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.6651, 52.5327, 48.9147)
Luminance	0.5254 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38D7AF #D73860

analogous

#38D760 #38D7AF #38AFD7

triadic

#38D7AF #AF38D7 #D7AF38

tetradic

#38D7AF #6038D7 #D73860 #AFD738

square

#38D7AF #6038D7 #D73860 #AFD738

split-complementary

#38D7AF #D738AF #D76038

monochromatic

#197C63 #23AF8C #38D7AF #6BE1C3 #9EEBD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#38D7AF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.51

#38D7AF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38D7AF

11.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38D7AF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38D7AF	1.00	1.82	11.51	11.51
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0C9AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCBAB2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D9CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38d7af;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 215, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.9% 0.141 171.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86e4c6',
    500: '#38d7af',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38d7af;
$custom-light: #86e4c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38d7af",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 215,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 164.906,
    "s": 66.527,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78922,
    "c": 0.14081,
    "h": 171.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.52537
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38D7AF

secondary

#833045

accent

#3E69E9

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F4FCF9

border

#CED5D2

text

#0D1613

muted

#7F8482

Preview Lab

Preview with #38D7AF

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

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