#38D0A8#38D0A8

#38D0A8 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.488; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.137 H 170.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38D0A8
RGB	rgb(56, 208, 168)
HSL	hsl(164, 62%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(164, 73%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.1%, 0%, 19.2%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.31, -48.49, 8.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.31, 49.26, 169.86°)
OKLab	oklab(77% -0.1356 0.0221)
OKLCH	oklch(77% 0.137 170.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.2509, 48.7760, 44.8059)
Luminance	0.4878 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38D0A8 #D03860

analogous

#38D05C #38D0A8 #38ACD0

triadic

#38D0A8 #A838D0 #D0A838

tetradic

#38D0A8 #5C38D0 #D03860 #ACD038

square

#38D0A8 #5C38D0 #D03860 #ACD038

split-complementary

#38D0A8 #D038AC #D05C38

monochromatic

#1B735C #27A483 #38D0A8 #6ADCBE #9BE7D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#38D0A8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.76

#38D0A8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38D0A8

10.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38D0A8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38D0A8	1.00	1.95	10.76	10.76
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAC2A6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6B4AB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D2C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38d0a8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 208, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.137 170.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84dfc1',
    500: '#38d0a8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38d0a8;
$custom-light: #84dfc1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38d0a8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 208,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 164.211,
    "s": 61.789,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76995,
    "c": 0.13744,
    "h": 170.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.4878
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38D0A8

secondary

#D391A2

accent

#436EE5

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FBF7

border

#CBD4D0

text

#0C1512

muted

#7D8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #38D0A8

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

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