#38D0AC#38D0AC

#38D0AC is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.489; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.135 H 172.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38D0AC
RGB	rgb(56, 208, 172)
HSL	hsl(166, 62%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(166, 73%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.1%, 0%, 17.3%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.41, -47.50, 6.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.41, 47.97, 172.02°)
OKLab	oklab(77.1% -0.1338 0.0169)
OKLCH	oklch(77.1% 0.135 172.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.6293, 48.9273, 46.7987)
Luminance	0.4893 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38D0AC #D0385C

analogous

#38D060 #38D0AC #38A8D0

triadic

#38D0AC #AC38D0 #D0AC38

tetradic

#38D0AC #6038D0 #D0385C #A8D038

square

#38D0AC #6038D0 #D0385C #A8D038

split-complementary

#38D0AC #D038A8 #D06038

monochromatic

#1B735E #27A486 #38D0AC #6ADCC1 #9BE7D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#38D0AC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.79

#38D0AC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38D0AC

10.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38D0AC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38D0AC	1.00	1.95	10.79	10.79
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9C2AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5B4AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D2C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38d0ac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 208, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.135 172.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84dfc4',
    500: '#38d0ac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38d0ac;
$custom-light: #84dfc4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38d0ac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 208,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165.789,
    "s": 61.789,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77104,
    "c": 0.13485,
    "h": 172.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.48931
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38D0AC

secondary

#D391A0

accent

#4369E5

background

#F8FDFC

surface

#F0FBF8

border

#CBD4D1

text

#0D1512

muted

#7D8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #38D0AC

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

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