#38D8A6#38D8A6

#38D8A6 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.527; OKLCH L 78.9% C 0.148 H 166.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38D8A6
RGB	rgb(56, 216, 166)
HSL	hsl(161, 67%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(161, 74%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.1%, 0%, 23.1%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.70, -52.22, 13.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.70, 53.84, 165.89°)
OKLab	oklab(78.94% -0.1444 0.0336)
OKLCH	oklch(78.94% 0.148 166.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.0659, 52.7017, 44.4988)
Luminance	0.5271 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38D8A6 #D8386A

analogous

#38D856 #38D8A6 #38BAD8

triadic

#38D8A6 #A638D8 #D8A638

tetradic

#38D8A6 #5638D8 #D8386A #BAD838

square

#38D8A6 #5638D8 #D8386A #BAD838

split-complementary

#38D8A6 #D838BA #D85638

monochromatic

#197D5E #23B084 #38D8A6 #6BE2BD #9EECD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#38D8A6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.54

#38D8A6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38D8A6

11.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38D8A6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38D8A6	1.00	1.82	11.54	11.54
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3C9A3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFBAA9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D9CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38d8a6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 216, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.9% 0.148 166.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86e5c0',
    500: '#38d8a6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38d8a6;
$custom-light: #86e5c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38d8a6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 161.25,
    "s": 67.227,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78937,
    "c": 0.14825,
    "h": 166.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.52706
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38D8A6

secondary

#84304A

accent

#3E74EA

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F4FCF9

border

#CED5D2

text

#0D1612

muted

#7F8482

Preview Lab

Preview with #38D8A6

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

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