#38D4BD#38D4BD

#38D4BD is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.516; OKLCH L 78.6% C 0.130 H 180.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38D4BD
RGB	rgb(56, 212, 189)
HSL	hsl(171, 64%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(171, 74%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.6%, 0%, 10.8%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.04, -44.87, -0.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.04, 44.87, 180.12°)
OKLab	oklab(78.58% -0.1299 -0.001)
OKLCH	oklch(78.58% 0.13 180.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.3551, 51.5977, 56.2830)
Luminance	0.5160 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38D4BD #D4384F

analogous

#38D46F #38D4BD #389DD4

triadic

#38D4BD #BD38D4 #D4BD38

tetradic

#38D4BD #6F38D4 #D4384F #9DD438

square

#38D4BD #6F38D4 #D4384F #9DD438

split-complementary

#38D4BD #D4389D #D46F38

monochromatic

#1A786A #25AA96 #38D4BD #6ADFCE #9DEADE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#38D4BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.32

#38D4BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38D4BD

11.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38D4BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38D4BD	1.00	1.86	11.32	11.32
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBC7BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6B8BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D8CD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38d4bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 212, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.130 180.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86e2d0',
    500: '#38d4bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38d4bd;
$custom-light: #86e2d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38d4bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.154,
    "s": 64.463,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7858,
    "c": 0.12992,
    "h": 180.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.51602
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38D4BD

secondary

#80303C

accent

#4059E7

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F4FCFB

border

#CED5D4

text

#0D1514

muted

#7F8483

Preview Lab

Preview with #38D4BD

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

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