#38D1AB#38D1AB

#38D1AB is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.494; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.137 H 171.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#38D1AB
RGBrgb(56, 209, 171)
HSLhsl(165, 62%, 52%)
HSVhsv(165, 73%, 82%)
CMYKcmyk(73.2%, 0%, 18.2%, 18%)
CIE-LABlab(75.69, -48.17, 7.60)
CIE-LCHlch(75.69, 48.76, 171.03°)
OKLaboklab(77.33% -0.1352 0.0193)
OKLCHoklch(77.33% 0.137 171.9)
XYZxyz(31.7782, 49.3782, 46.3763)
Luminance0.4938 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#38D1AB #D1385E
analogous
#38D15F #38D1AB #38ABD1
triadic
#38D1AB #AB38D1 #D1AB38
tetradic
#38D1AB #5F38D1 #D1385E #ABD138
square
#38D1AB #5F38D1 #D1385E #ABD138
split-complementary
#38D1AB #D138AB #D15F38
monochromatic
#1B745E #26A686 #38D1AB #6ADCC0 #9BE8D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93
#38D1AB on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.88
#38D1AB on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38D1AB
10.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##38D1AB#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##38D1AB1.001.9310.8810.88
#FFFFFF1.931.0021.0021.00
#00000010.8821.001.001.00
##00000010.8821.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#CAC3A9
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#B6B4AE
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00D3C6
Achromatopsia (no color)
#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #38d1ab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 209, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.137 171.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85e0c4',
    500: '#38d1ab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #38d1ab;
$custom-light: #85e0c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#38d1ab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165.098,
    "s": 62.449,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77325,
    "c": 0.13661,
    "h": 171.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.49382
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#38D1AB
secondary
#D491A2
accent
#426BE6
background
#F8FDFC
surface
#F0FBF8
border
#CBD4D1
text
#0D1512
muted
#7D8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #38D1AB

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#38D1AB Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva