#38D4C4#38D4C4

#38D4C4 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.519; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.127 H 184.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38D4C4
RGB	rgb(56, 212, 196)
HSL	hsl(174, 64%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(174, 74%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.6%, 0%, 7.5%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.23, -43.00, -3.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.23, 43.15, 184.76°)
OKLab	oklab(78.79% -0.1268 -0.0104)
OKLCH	oklch(78.79% 0.127 184.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.1334, 51.9090, 60.3816)
Luminance	0.5191 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38D4C4 #D43848

analogous

#38D476 #38D4C4 #3896D4

triadic

#38D4C4 #C438D4 #D4C438

tetradic

#38D4C4 #7638D4 #D43848 #96D438

square

#38D4C4 #7638D4 #D43848 #96D438

split-complementary

#38D4C4 #D43896 #D47638

monochromatic

#1A786E #25AA9C #38D4C4 #6ADFD3 #9DEAE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#38D4C4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.38

#38D4C4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38D4C4

11.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38D4C4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38D4C4	1.00	1.84	11.38	11.38
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9C8C4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4B8C6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D9CF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38d4c4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 212, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.127 184.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87e2d5',
    500: '#38d4c4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38d4c4;
$custom-light: #87e2d5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38d4c4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.846,
    "s": 64.463,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78794,
    "c": 0.12719,
    "h": 184.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.51913
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38D4C4

secondary

#803039

accent

#4051E7

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F4FCFB

border

#CED5D4

text

#0D1514

muted

#7F8483

Preview Lab

Preview with #38D4C4

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

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