#38C4AD#38C4AD

#38C4AD is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.433; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.121 H 179.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C4AD
RGB	rgb(56, 196, 173)
HSL	hsl(170, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(170, 71%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.4%, 0%, 11.7%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.78, -42.11, 0.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.78, 42.12, 178.81°)
OKLab	oklab(74.15% -0.1214 0.0017)
OKLCH	oklch(74.15% 0.121 179.2)
XYZ	xyz(28.9099, 43.3343, 46.3678)
Luminance	0.4334 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C4AD #C4384F

analogous

#38C467 #38C4AD #3895C4

triadic

#38C4AD #AD38C4 #C4AD38

tetradic

#38C4AD #6738C4 #C4384F #95C438

square

#38C4AD #6738C4 #C4384F #95C438

split-complementary

#38C4AD #C43895 #C46738

monochromatic

#1D6559 #2A9483 #38C4AD #66D3C1 #96E1D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#38C4AD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.67

#38C4AD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C4AD

9.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C4AD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C4AD	1.00	2.17	9.67	9.67
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCB8AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9AAAF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C7BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c4ad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 196, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.121 179.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83d6c5',
    500: '#38c4ad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c4ad;
$custom-light: #83d6c5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c4ad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.143,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74149,
    "c": 0.12143,
    "h": 179.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.43338
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C4AD

secondary

#CC8C96

accent

#4962DF

background

#F8FDFC

surface

#F0FAF8

border

#CBD3D1

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C4AD

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

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