#38D3AC#38D3AC

#38D3AC is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.504; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.138 H 171.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38D3AC
RGB	rgb(56, 211, 172)
HSL	hsl(165, 64%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(165, 73%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.5%, 0%, 18.5%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.32, -48.75, 7.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.32, 49.40, 170.72°)
OKLab	oklab(77.85% -0.1367 0.0203)
OKLCH	oklch(77.85% 0.138 171.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.3676, 50.4040, 47.0448)
Luminance	0.5041 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38D3AC #D3385F

analogous

#38D35E #38D3AC #38ADD3

triadic

#38D3AC #AC38D3 #D3AC38

tetradic

#38D3AC #5E38D3 #D3385F #ADD338

square

#38D3AC #5E38D3 #D3385F #ADD338

split-complementary

#38D3AC #D338AD #D35E38

monochromatic

#1A765F #25A988 #38D3AC #6ADEC1 #9CE9D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#38D3AC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.08

#38D3AC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38D3AC

11.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38D3AC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38D3AC	1.00	1.90	11.08	11.08
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDC5AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8B6AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D5C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38d3ac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 211, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.138 171.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85e1c4',
    500: '#38d3ac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38d3ac;
$custom-light: #85e1c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38d3ac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 211,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 164.903,
    "s": 63.786,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77849,
    "c": 0.13823,
    "h": 171.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.50408
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38D3AC

secondary

#7F3044

accent

#416BE7

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F4FCF9

border

#CED5D2

text

#0D1512

muted

#7F8482

Preview Lab

Preview with #38D3AC

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

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