#38E3A7#38E3A7

#38E3A7 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.586; OKLCH L 81.7% C 0.161 H 164.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38E3A7
RGB	rgb(56, 227, 167)
HSL	hsl(159, 75%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(159, 75%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.3%, 0%, 26.4%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.05, -56.33, 17.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.05, 58.92, 162.92°)
OKLab	oklab(81.7% -0.1545 0.0441)
OKLCH	oklch(81.7% 0.161 164.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.0710, 58.5646, 45.9548)
Luminance	0.5857 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38E3A7 #E33874

analogous

#38E351 #38E3A7 #38CAE3

triadic

#38E3A7 #A738E3 #E3A738

tetradic

#38E3A7 #5138E3 #E33874 #CAE338

square

#38E3A7 #5138E3 #E33874 #CAE338

split-complementary

#38E3A7 #E338CA #E35138

monochromatic

#148D62 #1BC288 #38E3A7 #6EEBBF #A3F2D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#38E3A7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.71

#38E3A7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38E3A7

12.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38E3A7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38E3A7	1.00	1.65	12.71	12.71
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DFD2A4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAC3AB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E3D3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38e3a7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 227, 167);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.7% 0.161 164.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88edc1',
    500: '#38e3a7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38e3a7;
$custom-light: #88edc1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38e3a7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 227,
    "b": 167
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 158.947,
    "s": 75.33,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81698,
    "c": 0.16069,
    "h": 164.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.58569
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38E3A7

secondary

#922D51

accent

#3678F2

background

#FCFFFD

surface

#F4FEF9

border

#CED6D2

text

#0D1612

muted

#7F8582

Preview Lab

Preview with #38E3A7

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

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