#38D0A6#38D0A6

#38D0A6 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.487; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.139 H 169.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38D0A6
RGB	rgb(56, 208, 166)
HSL	hsl(163, 62%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(163, 73%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.1%, 0%, 20.2%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.27, -48.97, 9.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.27, 49.92, 168.82°)
OKLab	oklab(76.94% -0.1366 0.0247)
OKLCH	oklch(76.94% 0.139 169.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.0660, 48.7020, 43.8321)
Luminance	0.4871 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38D0A6 #D03862

analogous

#38D05A #38D0A6 #38AED0

triadic

#38D0A6 #A638D0 #D0A638

tetradic

#38D0A6 #5A38D0 #D03862 #AED038

square

#38D0A6 #5A38D0 #D03862 #AED038

split-complementary

#38D0A6 #D038AE #D05A38

monochromatic

#1B735A #27A481 #38D0A6 #6ADCBC #9BE7D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#38D0A6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.74

#38D0A6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38D0A6

10.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38D0A6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38D0A6	1.00	1.96	10.74	10.74
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAC2A4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6B3A9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D1C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38d0a6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 208, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.139 169.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84dfc0',
    500: '#38d0a6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38d0a6;
$custom-light: #84dfc0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38d0a6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 208,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 163.421,
    "s": 61.789,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76942,
    "c": 0.1388,
    "h": 169.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.48706
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38D0A6

secondary

#D391A3

accent

#4370E5

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FBF7

border

#CBD4D0

text

#0C1512

muted

#7D8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #38D0A6

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

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