#38D4BC#38D4BC

#38D4BC is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.516; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.130 H 179.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38D4BC
RGB	rgb(56, 212, 188)
HSL	hsl(171, 64%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(171, 74%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.6%, 0%, 11.3%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.01, -45.13, 0.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.01, 45.13, 179.49°)
OKLab	oklab(78.55% -0.1304 0.0003)
OKLCH	oklch(78.55% 0.13 179.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.2470, 51.5544, 55.7133)
Luminance	0.5156 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38D4BC #D43850

analogous

#38D46E #38D4BC #389ED4

triadic

#38D4BC #BC38D4 #D4BC38

tetradic

#38D4BC #6E38D4 #D43850 #9ED438

square

#38D4BC #6E38D4 #D43850 #9ED438

split-complementary

#38D4BC #D4389E #D46E38

monochromatic

#1A7869 #25AA96 #38D4BC #6ADFCD #9DEADE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#38D4BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.31

#38D4BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38D4BC

11.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38D4BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38D4BC	1.00	1.86	11.31	11.31
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBC7BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6B8BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D8CD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38d4bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 212, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.130 179.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86e2d0',
    500: '#38d4bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38d4bc;
$custom-light: #86e2d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38d4bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.769,
    "s": 64.463,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7855,
    "c": 0.13037,
    "h": 179.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.51559
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38D4BC

secondary

#80303D

accent

#405AE7

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F4FCFB

border

#CED5D4

text

#0D1513

muted

#7F8483

Preview Lab

Preview with #38D4BC

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

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