#38D4B2#38D4B2

#38D4B2 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.511; OKLCH L 78.3% C 0.136 H 174.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38D4B2
RGB	rgb(56, 212, 178)
HSL	hsl(167, 64%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(167, 74%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.6%, 0%, 16%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.76, -47.69, 5.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.76, 47.99, 173.54°)
OKLab	oklab(78.26% -0.1349 0.0136)
OKLCH	oklch(78.26% 0.136 174.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.2061, 51.1381, 50.2314)
Luminance	0.5114 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38D4B2 #D4385A

analogous

#38D464 #38D4B2 #38A8D4

triadic

#38D4B2 #B238D4 #D4B238

tetradic

#38D4B2 #6438D4 #D4385A #A8D438

square

#38D4B2 #6438D4 #D4385A #A8D438

split-complementary

#38D4B2 #D438A8 #D46438

monochromatic

#1A7863 #25AA8D #38D4B2 #6ADFC5 #9DEAD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#38D4B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.23

#38D4B2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38D4B2

11.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38D4B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38D4B2	1.00	1.87	11.23	11.23
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDC6B0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8B7B4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D6CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38d4b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 212, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.3% 0.136 174.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85e2c9',
    500: '#38d4b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38d4b2;
$custom-light: #85e2c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38d4b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.923,
    "s": 64.463,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78262,
    "c": 0.13563,
    "h": 174.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.51142
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38D4B2

secondary

#803042

accent

#4065E7

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F4FCF9

border

#CED5D2

text

#0D1513

muted

#7F8482

Preview Lab

Preview with #38D4B2

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

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