#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
RGB	rgb(56, 216, 167)
HSL	hsl(162, 67%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(162, 74%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.1%, 0%, 22.7%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.72, -51.99, 12.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.72, 53.50, 166.34°)
OKLab	oklab(78.96% -0.1439 0.0323)
OKLCH	oklch(78.96% 0.148 167.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.1580, 52.7385, 44.9837)
Luminance	0.5274 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

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
##38D8A7	1.00	1.82	11.55	11.55
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #38D8A7

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

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