#38D3AD#38D3AD

#38D3AD is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.504; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.138 H 172.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38D3AD
RGB	rgb(56, 211, 173)
HSL	hsl(165, 64%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(165, 73%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.5%, 0%, 18%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.34, -48.51, 7.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.34, 49.08, 171.25°)
OKLab	oklab(77.88% -0.1363 0.019)
OKLCH	oklch(77.88% 0.138 172.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.4640, 50.4425, 47.5525)
Luminance	0.5045 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38D3AD #D3385E

analogous

#38D35F #38D3AD #38ACD3

triadic

#38D3AD #AD38D3 #D3AD38

tetradic

#38D3AD #5F38D3 #D3385E #ACD338

square

#38D3AD #5F38D3 #D3385E #ACD338

split-complementary

#38D3AD #D338AC #D35F38

monochromatic

#1A7660 #25A988 #38D3AD #6ADEC2 #9CE9D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#38D3AD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.09

#38D3AD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38D3AD

11.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38D3AD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38D3AD	1.00	1.89	11.09	11.09
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCC5AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8B6B0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D5C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38d3ad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 211, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.138 172.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85e1c5',
    500: '#38d3ad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38d3ad;
$custom-light: #85e1c5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38d3ad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 211,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165.29,
    "s": 63.786,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77876,
    "c": 0.13759,
    "h": 172.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.50446
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38D3AD

secondary

#7F3044

accent

#416AE7

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F4FCF9

border

#CED5D2

text

#0D1512

muted

#7F8482

Preview Lab

Preview with #38D3AD

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

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