#38D1AC#38D1AC

#38D1AC is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.494; OKLCH L 77.4% C 0.136 H 172.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#38D1AC
RGBrgb(56, 209, 172)
HSLhsl(165, 62%, 52%)
HSVhsv(165, 73%, 82%)
CMYKcmyk(73.2%, 0%, 17.7%, 18%)
CIE-LABlab(75.71, -47.92, 7.10)
CIE-LCHlch(75.71, 48.45, 171.57°)
OKLaboklab(77.35% -0.1348 0.018)
OKLCHoklch(77.35% 0.136 172.4)
XYZxyz(31.8739, 49.4164, 46.8802)
Luminance0.4942 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#38D1AC #D1385D
analogous
#38D160 #38D1AC #38AAD1
triadic
#38D1AC #AC38D1 #D1AC38
tetradic
#38D1AC #6038D1 #D1385D #AAD138
square
#38D1AC #6038D1 #D1385D #AAD138
split-complementary
#38D1AC #D138AA #D16038
monochromatic
#1B745E #26A687 #38D1AC #6ADCC1 #9BE8D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93
#38D1AC on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.88
#38D1AC on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38D1AC
10.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##38D1AC#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##38D1AC1.001.9310.8810.88
#FFFFFF1.931.0021.0021.00
#00000010.8821.001.001.00
##00000010.8821.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#CAC3AA
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#B6B5AF
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00D3C6
Achromatopsia (no color)
#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #38d1ac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 209, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.136 172.4);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85e0c4',
    500: '#38d1ac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #38d1ac;
$custom-light: #85e0c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#38d1ac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165.49,
    "s": 62.449,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77352,
    "c": 0.13598,
    "h": 172.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.4942
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#38D1AC
secondary
#D491A1
accent
#426AE6
background
#F8FDFC
surface
#F0FBF8
border
#CBD4D1
text
#0D1512
muted
#7D8381

Preview Lab

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#38D1AC Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva