#38D4BE#38D4BE

#38D4BE is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.516; OKLCH L 78.6% C 0.129 H 181.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38D4BE
RGB	rgb(56, 212, 190)
HSL	hsl(172, 64%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(172, 74%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.6%, 0%, 10.4%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.07, -44.60, -0.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.07, 44.61, 180.76°)
OKLab	oklab(78.61% -0.1295 -0.0023)
OKLCH	oklch(78.61% 0.129 181)
XYZ	xyz(34.4641, 51.6413, 56.8566)
Luminance	0.5164 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38D4BE #D4384E

analogous

#38D470 #38D4BE #389CD4

triadic

#38D4BE #BE38D4 #D4BE38

tetradic

#38D4BE #7038D4 #D4384E #9CD438

square

#38D4BE #7038D4 #D4384E #9CD438

split-complementary

#38D4BE #D4389C #D47038

monochromatic

#1A786A #25AA97 #38D4BE #6ADFCE #9DEADF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#38D4BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.33

#38D4BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38D4BE

11.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38D4BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38D4BE	1.00	1.85	11.33	11.33
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAC7BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5B8C0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D8CD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38d4be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 212, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.129 181.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86e2d1',
    500: '#38d4be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38d4be;
$custom-light: #86e2d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38d4be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.538,
    "s": 64.463,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7861,
    "c": 0.12949,
    "h": 181
  },
  "luminance": 0.51645
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38D4BE

secondary

#80303C

accent

#4058E7

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F4FCFB

border

#CED5D4

text

#0D1514

muted

#7F8483

Preview Lab

Preview with #38D4BE

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

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