#38D4AF#38D4AF

#38D4AF is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.510; OKLCH L 78.2% C 0.137 H 172.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38D4AF
RGB	rgb(56, 212, 175)
HSL	hsl(166, 64%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(166, 74%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.6%, 0%, 17.5%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.69, -48.43, 6.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.69, 48.92, 171.89°)
OKLab	oklab(78.18% -0.1363 0.0175)
OKLCH	oklch(78.18% 0.137 172.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.9082, 51.0189, 48.6624)
Luminance	0.5102 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38D4AF #D4385D

analogous

#38D461 #38D4AF #38ABD4

triadic

#38D4AF #AF38D4 #D4AF38

tetradic

#38D4AF #6138D4 #D4385D #ABD438

square

#38D4AF #6138D4 #D4385D #ABD438

split-complementary

#38D4AF #D438AB #D46138

monochromatic

#1A7861 #25AA8A #38D4AF #6ADFC3 #9DEAD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#38D4AF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.20

#38D4AF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38D4AF

11.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38D4AF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38D4AF	1.00	1.87	11.20	11.20
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDC6AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9B7B2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D6C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38d4af;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 212, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.137 172.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85e2c6',
    500: '#38d4af',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38d4af;
$custom-light: #85e2c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38d4af",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165.769,
    "s": 64.463,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78179,
    "c": 0.13745,
    "h": 172.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.51023
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38D4AF

secondary

#803043

accent

#4068E7

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F4FCF9

border

#CED5D2

text

#0D1513

muted

#7F8482

Preview Lab

Preview with #38D4AF

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

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