#38D4AC#38D4AC

#38D4AC is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.509; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.139 H 171.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38D4AC
RGB	rgb(56, 212, 172)
HSL	hsl(165, 64%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(165, 74%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.6%, 0%, 18.9%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.62, -49.17, 8.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.62, 49.88, 170.30°)
OKLab	oklab(78.1% -0.1377 0.0214)
OKLCH	oklch(78.1% 0.139 171.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.6168, 50.9024, 47.1279)
Luminance	0.5091 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38D4AC #D43860

analogous

#38D45E #38D4AC #38AED4

triadic

#38D4AC #AC38D4 #D4AC38

tetradic

#38D4AC #5E38D4 #D43860 #AED438

square

#38D4AC #5E38D4 #D43860 #AED438

split-complementary

#38D4AC #D438AE #D45E38

monochromatic

#1A7860 #25AA88 #38D4AC #6ADFC1 #9DEAD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#38D4AC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.18

#38D4AC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38D4AC

11.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38D4AC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38D4AC	1.00	1.88	11.18	11.18
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CEC6AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9B7AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D6C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38d4ac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 212, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.139 171.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85e2c4',
    500: '#38d4ac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38d4ac;
$custom-light: #85e2c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38d4ac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 164.615,
    "s": 64.463,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78097,
    "c": 0.13937,
    "h": 171.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.50906
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38D4AC

secondary

#803045

accent

#406BE7

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F4FCF9

border

#CED5D2

text

#0D1512

muted

#7F8482

Preview Lab

Preview with #38D4AC

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

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