#38D2AC#38D2AC

#38D2AC is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.499; OKLCH L 77.6% C 0.137 H 172.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38D2AC
RGB	rgb(56, 210, 172)
HSL	hsl(165, 63%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(165, 73%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.3%, 0%, 18.1%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.01, -48.34, 7.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.01, 48.92, 171.14°)
OKLab	oklab(77.6% -0.1358 0.0191)
OKLCH	oklch(77.6% 0.137 172)
XYZ	xyz(32.1200, 49.9087, 46.9622)
Luminance	0.4991 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38D2AC #D2385E

analogous

#38D25F #38D2AC #38ABD2

triadic

#38D2AC #AC38D2 #D2AC38

tetradic

#38D2AC #5F38D2 #D2385E #ABD238

square

#38D2AC #5F38D2 #D2385E #ABD238

split-complementary

#38D2AC #D238AB #D25F38

monochromatic

#1A755F #26A787 #38D2AC #6ADDC1 #9CE9D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#38D2AC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.98

#38D2AC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38D2AC

10.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38D2AC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38D2AC	1.00	1.91	10.98	10.98
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBC4AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7B5AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D4C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38d2ac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 210, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.6% 0.137 172.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85e1c4',
    500: '#38d2ac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38d2ac;
$custom-light: #85e1c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38d2ac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165.195,
    "s": 63.115,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77601,
    "c": 0.1371,
    "h": 172
  },
  "luminance": 0.49912
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38D2AC

secondary

#D591A2

accent

#426AE6

background

#F8FDFC

surface

#F0FBF8

border

#CBD4D1

text

#0D1512

muted

#7D8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #38D2AC

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

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