#38D3AB#38D3AB

#38D3AB is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.504; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.139 H 171.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38D3AB
RGB	rgb(56, 211, 171)
HSL	hsl(165, 64%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(165, 73%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.5%, 0%, 19%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.29, -49.00, 8.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.29, 49.72, 170.19°)
OKLab	oklab(77.82% -0.1372 0.0216)
OKLCH	oklch(77.82% 0.139 171.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.2720, 50.3657, 46.5409)
Luminance	0.5037 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38D3AB #D33860

analogous

#38D35D #38D3AB #38AED3

triadic

#38D3AB #AB38D3 #D3AB38

tetradic

#38D3AB #5D38D3 #D33860 #AED338

square

#38D3AB #5D38D3 #D33860 #AED338

split-complementary

#38D3AB #D338AE #D35D38

monochromatic

#1A765F #25A987 #38D3AB #6ADEC0 #9CE9D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#38D3AB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.07

#38D3AB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38D3AB

11.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38D3AB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38D3AB	1.00	1.90	11.07	11.07
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDC5A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9B6AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D5C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38d3ab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 211, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.139 171.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85e1c4',
    500: '#38d3ab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38d3ab;
$custom-light: #85e1c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38d3ab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 211,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 164.516,
    "s": 63.786,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77822,
    "c": 0.13889,
    "h": 171.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.5037
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38D3AB

secondary

#7F3045

accent

#416CE7

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F4FCF9

border

#CED5D2

text

#0D1512

muted

#7F8482

Preview Lab

Preview with #38D3AB

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

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