#38DFA0#38DFA0

#38DFA0 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.562; OKLCH L 80.5% C 0.161 H 162.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38DFA0
RGB	rgb(56, 223, 160)
HSL	hsl(157, 72%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(157, 75%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.9%, 0%, 28.3%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.70, -56.31, 19.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.70, 59.46, 161.27°)
OKLab	oklab(80.54% -0.1539 0.0486)
OKLCH	oklch(80.54% 0.161 162.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.3600, 56.1501, 42.2780)
Luminance	0.5615 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38DFA0 #DF3877

analogous

#38DF4D #38DFA0 #38CBDF

triadic

#38DFA0 #A038DF #DFA038

tetradic

#38DFA0 #4D38DF #DF3877 #CBDF38

square

#38DFA0 #4D38DF #DF3877 #CBDF38

split-complementary

#38DFA0 #DF38CB #DF4D38

monochromatic

#16875C #1EBC80 #38DFA0 #6DE7B9 #A1F0D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#38DFA0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.23

#38DFA0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38DFA0

12.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38DFA0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38DFA0	1.00	1.72	12.23	12.23
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBCE9C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7BFA4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DFCE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38dfa0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 223, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.5% 0.161 162.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87eabc',
    500: '#38dfa0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38dfa0;
$custom-light: #87eabc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38dfa0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 223,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 157.365,
    "s": 72.294,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80539,
    "c": 0.1614,
    "h": 162.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.56154
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38DFA0

secondary

#8D2E52

accent

#397EEF

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F4FDF8

border

#CED5D1

text

#0D1612

muted

#7F8482

Preview Lab

Preview with #38DFA0

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

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