#38D3AF#38D3AF

#38D3AF is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.505; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.136 H 173.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38D3AF
RGB	rgb(56, 211, 175)
HSL	hsl(166, 64%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(166, 73%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.5%, 0%, 17.1%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.39, -48.02, 6.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.39, 48.45, 172.33°)
OKLab	oklab(77.93% -0.1353 0.0164)
OKLCH	oklch(77.93% 0.136 173.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.6590, 50.5205, 48.5793)
Luminance	0.5052 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38D3AF #D3385C

analogous

#38D362 #38D3AF #38A9D3

triadic

#38D3AF #AF38D3 #D3AF38

tetradic

#38D3AF #6238D3 #D3385C #A9D338

square

#38D3AF #6238D3 #D3385C #A9D338

split-complementary

#38D3AF #D338A9 #D36238

monochromatic

#1A7661 #25A98A #38D3AF #6ADEC3 #9CE9D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#38D3AF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.10

#38D3AF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38D3AF

11.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38D3AF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38D3AF	1.00	1.89	11.10	11.10
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCC5AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8B6B2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D5C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38d3af;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 211, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.136 173.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85e1c6',
    500: '#38d3af',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38d3af;
$custom-light: #85e1c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38d3af",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 211,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.065,
    "s": 63.786,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77931,
    "c": 0.13633,
    "h": 173.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.50524
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38D3AF

secondary

#7F3043

accent

#4168E7

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F4FCF9

border

#CED5D2

text

#0D1513

muted

#7F8482

Preview Lab

Preview with #38D3AF

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

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