#38D4C3#38D4C3

#38D4C3 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.519; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.128 H 184.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38D4C3
RGB	rgb(56, 212, 195)
HSL	hsl(173, 64%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(173, 74%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.6%, 0%, 8%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.20, -43.27, -3.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.20, 43.38, 184.08°)
OKLab	oklab(78.76% -0.1272 -0.009)
OKLCH	oklch(78.76% 0.128 184.1)
XYZ	xyz(35.0199, 51.8636, 59.7842)
Luminance	0.5187 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38D4C3 #D43849

analogous

#38D475 #38D4C3 #3897D4

triadic

#38D4C3 #C338D4 #D4C338

tetradic

#38D4C3 #7538D4 #D43849 #97D438

square

#38D4C3 #7538D4 #D43849 #97D438

split-complementary

#38D4C3 #D43897 #D47538

monochromatic

#1A786E #25AA9C #38D4C3 #6ADFD2 #9DEAE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#38D4C3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.37

#38D4C3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38D4C3

11.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38D4C3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38D4C3	1.00	1.85	11.37	11.37
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9C8C2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4B8C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D8CF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38d4c3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 212, 195);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.128 184.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87e2d5',
    500: '#38d4c3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38d4c3;
$custom-light: #87e2d5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38d4c3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 195
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.462,
    "s": 64.463,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78763,
    "c": 0.12754,
    "h": 184.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.51868
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38D4C3

secondary

#803039

accent

#4053E7

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F4FCFB

border

#CED5D4

text

#0D1514

muted

#7F8483

Preview Lab

Preview with #38D4C3

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

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