#38CFAD#38CFAD

#38CFAD is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.485; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.133 H 173.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38CFAD
RGB	rgb(56, 207, 173)
HSL	hsl(166, 61%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(166, 73%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.9%, 0%, 16.4%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.13, -46.84, 5.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.13, 47.18, 173.03°)
OKLab	oklab(76.88% -0.1323 0.0144)
OKLCH	oklch(76.88% 0.133 173.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.4827, 48.4798, 47.2254)
Luminance	0.4848 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38CFAD #CF385A

analogous

#38CF62 #38CFAD #38A6CF

triadic

#38CFAD #AD38CF #CFAD38

tetradic

#38CFAD #6238CF #CF385A #A6CF38

square

#38CFAD #6238CF #CF385A #A6CF38

split-complementary

#38CFAD #CF38A6 #CF6238

monochromatic

#1B715E #27A387 #38CFAD #69DBC1 #9BE7D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#38CFAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.70

#38CFAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38CFAD

10.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38CFAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38CFAD	1.00	1.96	10.70	10.70
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8C2AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4B3AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D1C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38cfad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 207, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.133 173.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84dec5',
    500: '#38cfad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38cfad;
$custom-light: #84dec5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38cfad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 207,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.49,
    "s": 61.134,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76883,
    "c": 0.13313,
    "h": 173.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.48484
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38CFAD

secondary

#D3909F

accent

#4468E4

background

#F8FDFC

surface

#F0FBF8

border

#CBD4D1

text

#0C1512

muted

#7D8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #38CFAD

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

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