#38D4C2#38D4C2

#38D4C2 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.518; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.128 H 183.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38D4C2
RGB	rgb(56, 212, 194)
HSL	hsl(173, 64%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(173, 74%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.6%, 0%, 8.5%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.17, -43.54, -2.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.17, 43.62, 183.40°)
OKLab	oklab(78.73% -0.1277 -0.0077)
OKLCH	oklch(78.73% 0.128 183.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.9073, 51.8186, 59.1907)
Luminance	0.5182 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38D4C2 #D4384A

analogous

#38D474 #38D4C2 #3898D4

triadic

#38D4C2 #C238D4 #D4C238

tetradic

#38D4C2 #7438D4 #D4384A #98D438

square

#38D4C2 #7438D4 #D4384A #98D438

split-complementary

#38D4C2 #D43898 #D47438

monochromatic

#1A786D #25AA9B #38D4C2 #6ADFD1 #9DEAE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#38D4C2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.36

#38D4C2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38D4C2

11.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38D4C2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38D4C2	1.00	1.85	11.36	11.36
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAC8C1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4B8C4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D8CE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38d4c2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 212, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.128 183.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86e2d4',
    500: '#38d4c2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38d4c2;
$custom-light: #86e2d4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38d4c2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.077,
    "s": 64.463,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78732,
    "c": 0.1279,
    "h": 183.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.51823
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38D4C2

secondary

#80303A

accent

#4054E7

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F4FCFB

border

#CED5D4

text

#0D1514

muted

#7F8483

Preview Lab

Preview with #38D4C2

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

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