#38D4AB#38D4AB

#38D4AB is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.509; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.140 H 170.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38D4AB
RGB	rgb(56, 212, 171)
HSL	hsl(164, 64%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(164, 74%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.6%, 0%, 19.3%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.60, -49.41, 8.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.60, 50.21, 169.79°)
OKLab	oklab(78.07% -0.1382 0.0227)
OKLCH	oklch(78.07% 0.14 170.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.5212, 50.8641, 46.6240)
Luminance	0.5087 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38D4AB #D43861

analogous

#38D45D #38D4AB #38AFD4

triadic

#38D4AB #AB38D4 #D4AB38

tetradic

#38D4AB #5D38D4 #D43861 #AFD438

square

#38D4AB #5D38D4 #D43861 #AFD438

split-complementary

#38D4AB #D438AF #D45D38

monochromatic

#1A785F #25AA87 #38D4AB #6ADFC0 #9DEAD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#38D4AB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.17

#38D4AB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38D4AB

11.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38D4AB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38D4AB	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)

#CEC6A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAB7AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D6C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38d4ab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 212, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.140 170.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85e2c4',
    500: '#38d4ab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38d4ab;
$custom-light: #85e2c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38d4ab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 164.231,
    "s": 64.463,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78071,
    "c": 0.14003,
    "h": 170.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.50868
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38D4AB

secondary

#803045

accent

#406CE7

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F4FCF9

border

#CED5D2

text

#0D1512

muted

#7F8482

Preview Lab

Preview with #38D4AB

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

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