#38D8A8#38D8A8

#38D8A8 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.528; OKLCH L 79.0% C 0.147 H 167.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38D8A8
RGB	rgb(56, 216, 168)
HSL	hsl(162, 67%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(162, 74%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.1%, 0%, 22.2%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.74, -51.75, 12.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.74, 53.15, 166.81°)
OKLab	oklab(78.99% -0.1435 0.031)
OKLCH	oklch(78.99% 0.147 167.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.2508, 52.7757, 45.4725)
Luminance	0.5278 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38D8A8 #D83868

analogous

#38D858 #38D8A8 #38B8D8

triadic

#38D8A8 #A838D8 #D8A838

tetradic

#38D8A8 #5838D8 #D83868 #B8D838

square

#38D8A8 #5838D8 #D83868 #B8D838

split-complementary

#38D8A8 #D838B8 #D85838

monochromatic

#197D5F #23B086 #38D8A8 #6BE2BE #9EECD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#38D8A8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.56

#38D8A8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38D8A8

11.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38D8A8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38D8A8	1.00	1.82	11.56	11.56
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3C9A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEBAAB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D9CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38d8a8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 216, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.147 167.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86e5c1',
    500: '#38d8a8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38d8a8;
$custom-light: #86e5c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38d8a8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 162,
    "s": 67.227,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78988,
    "c": 0.14678,
    "h": 167.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.5278
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38D8A8

secondary

#843049

accent

#3E71EA

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F4FCF9

border

#CED5D2

text

#0D1612

muted

#7F8482

Preview Lab

Preview with #38D8A8

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

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