#38D2AB#38D2AB

#38D2AB is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.499; OKLCH L 77.6% C 0.138 H 171.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#38D2AB
RGBrgb(56, 210, 171)
HSLhsl(165, 63%, 52%)
HSVhsv(165, 73%, 82%)
CMYKcmyk(73.3%, 0%, 18.6%, 17.6%)
CIE-LABlab(75.99, -48.58, 8.04)
CIE-LCHlch(75.99, 49.24, 170.61°)
OKLaboklab(77.57% -0.1362 0.0205)
OKLCHoklch(77.57% 0.138 171.5)
XYZxyz(32.0243, 49.8704, 46.4583)
Luminance0.4987 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#38D2AB #D2385F
analogous
#38D25E #38D2AB #38ACD2
triadic
#38D2AB #AB38D2 #D2AB38
tetradic
#38D2AB #5E38D2 #D2385F #ACD238
square
#38D2AB #5E38D2 #D2385F #ACD238
split-complementary
#38D2AB #D238AC #D25E38
monochromatic
#1A755E #26A786 #38D2AB #6ADDC0 #9CE9D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91
#38D2AB on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.97
#38D2AB on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38D2AB
10.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##38D2AB#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##38D2AB1.001.9110.9710.97
#FFFFFF1.911.0021.0021.00
#00000010.9721.001.001.00
##00000010.9721.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#CCC4A9
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#B7B5AE
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00D4C7
Achromatopsia (no color)
#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #38d2ab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 210, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.6% 0.138 171.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85e1c4',
    500: '#38d2ab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #38d2ab;
$custom-light: #85e1c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#38d2ab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 164.805,
    "s": 63.115,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77574,
    "c": 0.13775,
    "h": 171.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.49874
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#38D2AB
secondary
#D591A2
accent
#426BE6
background
#F8FDFC
surface
#F0FBF8
border
#CBD4D1
text
#0D1512
muted
#7D8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #38D2AB

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#38D2AB Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva