#38D0AB#38D0AB

#38D0AB is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.489; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.135 H 172.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38D0AB
RGB	rgb(56, 208, 171)
HSL	hsl(165, 62%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(165, 73%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.1%, 0%, 17.8%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.38, -47.75, 7.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.38, 48.29, 171.47°)
OKLab	oklab(77.08% -0.1343 0.0182)
OKLCH	oklch(77.08% 0.135 172.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.5336, 48.8890, 46.2948)
Luminance	0.4889 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38D0AB #D0385D

analogous

#38D05F #38D0AB #38A9D0

triadic

#38D0AB #AB38D0 #D0AB38

tetradic

#38D0AB #5F38D0 #D0385D #A9D038

square

#38D0AB #5F38D0 #D0385D #A9D038

split-complementary

#38D0AB #D038A9 #D05F38

monochromatic

#1B735D #27A486 #38D0AB #6ADCC0 #9BE7D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#38D0AB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.78

#38D0AB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38D0AB

10.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38D0AB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38D0AB	1.00	1.95	10.78	10.78
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9C2A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5B4AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D2C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38d0ab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 208, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.135 172.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84dfc4',
    500: '#38d0ab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38d0ab;
$custom-light: #84dfc4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38d0ab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 208,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165.395,
    "s": 61.789,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77076,
    "c": 0.13549,
    "h": 172.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.48893
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38D0AB

secondary

#D391A1

accent

#436AE5

background

#F8FDFC

surface

#F0FBF8

border

#CBD4D1

text

#0D1512

muted

#7D8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #38D0AB

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

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