#38DFAE#38DFAE

#38DFAE is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.567; OKLCH L 80.9% C 0.151 H 168.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38DFAE
RGB	rgb(56, 223, 174)
HSL	hsl(162, 72%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(162, 75%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.9%, 0%, 22%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.99, -53.16, 12.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.99, 54.53, 167.14°)
OKLab	oklab(80.88% -0.1474 0.031)
OKLCH	oklch(80.88% 0.151 168.1)
XYZ	xyz(35.6544, 56.6678, 49.0951)
Luminance	0.5667 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38DFAE #DF3869

analogous

#38DF5B #38DFAE #38BDDF

triadic

#38DFAE #AE38DF #DFAE38

tetradic

#38DFAE #5B38DF #DF3869 #BDDF38

square

#38DFAE #5B38DF #DF3869 #BDDF38

split-complementary

#38DFAE #DF38BD #DF5B38

monochromatic

#168766 #1EBC8D #38DFAE #6DE7C3 #A1F0D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#38DFAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.33

#38DFAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38DFAE

12.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38DFAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38DFAE	1.00	1.70	12.33	12.33
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9CFAB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4C0B1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E0D1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38dfae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 223, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.9% 0.151 168.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87eac6',
    500: '#38dfae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38dfae;
$custom-light: #87eac6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38dfae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 223,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 162.395,
    "s": 72.294,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80877,
    "c": 0.15068,
    "h": 168.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.56672
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38DFAE

secondary

#8D2E4A

accent

#396EEF

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F4FDF9

border

#CED5D2

text

#0D1613

muted

#7F8482

Preview Lab

Preview with #38DFAE

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

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