#38D4AD#38D4AD

#38D4AD is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.509; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.139 H 171.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38D4AD
RGB	rgb(56, 212, 173)
HSL	hsl(165, 64%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(165, 74%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.6%, 0%, 18.4%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.64, -48.92, 7.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.64, 49.56, 170.83°)
OKLab	oklab(78.12% -0.1372 0.0201)
OKLCH	oklch(78.12% 0.139 171.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.7132, 50.9409, 47.6355)
Luminance	0.5094 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38D4AD #D4385F

analogous

#38D45F #38D4AD #38ADD4

triadic

#38D4AD #AD38D4 #D4AD38

tetradic

#38D4AD #5F38D4 #D4385F #ADD438

square

#38D4AD #5F38D4 #D4385F #ADD438

split-complementary

#38D4AD #D438AD #D45F38

monochromatic

#1A7860 #25AA89 #38D4AD #6ADFC2 #9DEAD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#38D4AD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.19

#38D4AD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38D4AD

11.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38D4AD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38D4AD	1.00	1.88	11.19	11.19
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDC6AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9B7B0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D6C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38d4ad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 212, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.139 171.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85e2c5',
    500: '#38d4ad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38d4ad;
$custom-light: #85e2c5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38d4ad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165,
    "s": 64.463,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78124,
    "c": 0.13871,
    "h": 171.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.50945
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38D4AD

secondary

#803044

accent

#406AE7

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F4FCF9

border

#CED5D2

text

#0D1512

muted

#7F8482

Preview Lab

Preview with #38D4AD

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

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