#38D8A7#38D8A7

#38D8A7 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.527; OKLCH L 79.0% C 0.148 H 167.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#38D8A7
RGBrgb(56, 216, 167)
HSLhsl(162, 67%, 53%)
HSVhsv(162, 74%, 85%)
CMYKcmyk(74.1%, 0%, 22.7%, 15.3%)
CIE-LABlab(77.72, -51.99, 12.63)
CIE-LCHlch(77.72, 53.50, 166.34°)
OKLaboklab(78.96% -0.1439 0.0323)
OKLCHoklch(78.96% 0.148 167.4)
XYZxyz(33.1580, 52.7385, 44.9837)
Luminance0.5274 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#38D8A7 #D83869
analogous
#38D857 #38D8A7 #38B9D8
triadic
#38D8A7 #A738D8 #D8A738
tetradic
#38D8A7 #5738D8 #D83869 #B9D838
square
#38D8A7 #5738D8 #D83869 #B9D838
split-complementary
#38D8A7 #D838B9 #D85738
monochromatic
#197D5E #23B085 #38D8A7 #6BE2BE #9EECD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82
#38D8A7 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.55
#38D8A7 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38D8A7
11.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##38D8A7#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##38D8A71.001.8211.5511.55
#FFFFFF1.821.0021.0021.00
#00000011.5521.001.001.00
##00000011.5521.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#D3C9A4
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#BEBAAA
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00D9CA
Achromatopsia (no color)
#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #38d8a7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 216, 167);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.148 167.4);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86e5c1',
    500: '#38d8a7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #38d8a7;
$custom-light: #86e5c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#38d8a7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 167
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 161.625,
    "s": 67.227,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78962,
    "c": 0.14751,
    "h": 167.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.52743
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#38D8A7
secondary
#84304A
accent
#3E72EA
background
#FCFEFD
surface
#F4FCF9
border
#CED5D2
text
#0D1612
muted
#7F8482

Preview Lab

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#38D8A7 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva