#38D2AE#38D2AE

#38D2AE is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.500; OKLCH L 77.7% C 0.136 H 173.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#38D2AE
RGBrgb(56, 210, 174)
HSLhsl(166, 63%, 52%)
HSVhsv(166, 73%, 82%)
CMYKcmyk(73.3%, 0%, 17.1%, 17.6%)
CIE-LABlab(76.06, -47.85, 6.53)
CIE-LCHlch(76.06, 48.29, 172.23°)
OKLaboklab(77.66% -0.1348 0.0165)
OKLCHoklch(77.66% 0.136 173)
XYZxyz(32.3135, 49.9861, 47.9814)
Luminance0.4999 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#38D2AE #D2385C
analogous
#38D261 #38D2AE #38A9D2
triadic
#38D2AE #AE38D2 #D2AE38
tetradic
#38D2AE #6138D2 #D2385C #A9D238
square
#38D2AE #6138D2 #D2385C #A9D238
split-complementary
#38D2AE #D238A9 #D26138
monochromatic
#1A7560 #26A789 #38D2AE #6ADDC2 #9CE9D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91
#38D2AE on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.00
#38D2AE on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38D2AE
11.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##38D2AE#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##38D2AE1.001.9111.0011.00
#FFFFFF1.911.0021.0021.00
#00000011.0021.001.001.00
##00000011.0021.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#CBC4AC
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#B7B5B1
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00D4C8
Achromatopsia (no color)
#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #38d2ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 210, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.7% 0.136 173.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85e1c6',
    500: '#38d2ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #38d2ae;
$custom-light: #85e1c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#38d2ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165.974,
    "s": 63.115,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77655,
    "c": 0.13584,
    "h": 173
  },
  "luminance": 0.4999
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#38D2AE
secondary
#D591A1
accent
#4268E6
background
#F8FDFC
surface
#F0FBF8
border
#CBD4D1
text
#0D1513
muted
#7D8382

Preview Lab

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#38D2AE Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva