#38D4B0#38D4B0

#38D4B0 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.511; OKLCH L 78.2% C 0.137 H 173.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#38D4B0
RGBrgb(56, 212, 176)
HSLhsl(166, 64%, 53%)
HSVhsv(166, 74%, 83%)
CMYKcmyk(73.6%, 0%, 17%, 16.9%)
CIE-LABlab(76.71, -48.19, 6.40)
CIE-LCHlch(76.71, 48.61, 172.44°)
OKLaboklab(78.21% -0.1359 0.0162)
OKLCHoklch(78.21% 0.137 173.2)
XYZxyz(33.0068, 51.0584, 49.1816)
Luminance0.5106 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#38D4B0 #D4385C
analogous
#38D462 #38D4B0 #38AAD4
triadic
#38D4B0 #B038D4 #D4B038
tetradic
#38D4B0 #6238D4 #D4385C #AAD438
square
#38D4B0 #6238D4 #D4385C #AAD438
split-complementary
#38D4B0 #D438AA #D46238
monochromatic
#1A7862 #25AA8B #38D4B0 #6ADFC4 #9DEAD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87
#38D4B0 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.21
#38D4B0 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38D4B0
11.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##38D4B0#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##38D4B01.001.8711.2111.21
#FFFFFF1.871.0021.0021.00
#00000011.2121.001.001.00
##00000011.2121.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#CDC6AE
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#B8B7B3
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00D6C9
Achromatopsia (no color)
#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #38d4b0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 212, 176);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.137 173.2);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85e2c7',
    500: '#38d4b0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #38d4b0;
$custom-light: #85e2c7;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#38d4b0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 176
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.154,
    "s": 64.463,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78206,
    "c": 0.13683,
    "h": 173.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.51062
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#38D4B0
secondary
#803043
accent
#4067E7
background
#FCFEFD
surface
#F4FCF9
border
#CED5D2
text
#0D1513
muted
#7F8482

Preview Lab

Preview with #38D4B0

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#38D4B0 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva