#38D4AA#38D4AA

#38D4AA is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.508; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.141 H 170.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38D4AA
RGB	rgb(56, 212, 170)
HSL	hsl(164, 64%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(164, 74%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.6%, 0%, 19.8%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.57, -49.65, 9.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.57, 50.53, 169.27°)
OKLab	oklab(78.04% -0.1386 0.024)
OKLCH	oklch(78.04% 0.141 170.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.4262, 50.8261, 46.1239)
Luminance	0.5083 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38D4AA #D43862

analogous

#38D45C #38D4AA #38B0D4

triadic

#38D4AA #AA38D4 #D4AA38

tetradic

#38D4AA #5C38D4 #D43862 #B0D438

square

#38D4AA #5C38D4 #D43862 #B0D438

split-complementary

#38D4AA #D438B0 #D45C38

monochromatic

#1A785E #25AA86 #38D4AA #6ADFBF #9DEAD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#38D4AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.17

#38D4AA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38D4AA

11.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38D4AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38D4AA	1.00	1.88	11.17	11.17
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CEC6A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAB7AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D6C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38d4aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 212, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.141 170.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85e2c3',
    500: '#38d4aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38d4aa;
$custom-light: #85e2c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38d4aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 163.846,
    "s": 64.463,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78044,
    "c": 0.1407,
    "h": 170.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.5083
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38D4AA

secondary

#803046

accent

#406DE7

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F4FCF9

border

#CED5D2

text

#0D1512

muted

#7F8482

Preview Lab

Preview with #38D4AA

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

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