#38E0B2#38E0B2

#38E0B2 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.574; OKLCH L 81.2% C 0.149 H 169.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38E0B2
RGB	rgb(56, 224, 178)
HSL	hsl(164, 73%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(164, 75%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(75%, 0%, 20.5%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.38, -52.62, 10.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.38, 53.67, 168.63°)
OKLab	oklab(81.23% -0.1466 0.027)
OKLCH	oklch(81.23% 0.149 169.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.3181, 57.3620, 51.2687)
Luminance	0.5737 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38E0B2 #E03866

analogous

#38E05E #38E0B2 #38BAE0

triadic

#38E0B2 #B238E0 #E0B238

tetradic

#38E0B2 #5E38E0 #E03866 #BAE038

square

#38E0B2 #5E38E0 #E03866 #BAE038

split-complementary

#38E0B2 #E038BA #E05E38

monochromatic

#158869 #1DBD92 #38E0B2 #6DE8C6 #A2F0DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#38E0B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.47

#38E0B2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38E0B2

12.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38E0B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38E0B2	1.00	1.68	12.47	12.47
#FFFFFF	1.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAD1B0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4C1B5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E1D3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38e0b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 224, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.2% 0.149 169.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87ebc9',
    500: '#38e0b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38e0b2;
$custom-light: #87ebc9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38e0b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 224,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 163.571,
    "s": 73.043,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81227,
    "c": 0.14904,
    "h": 169.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.57366
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38E0B2

secondary

#8E2E48

accent

#386AF0

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F4FDF9

border

#CED5D2

text

#0D1613

muted

#7F8482

Preview Lab

Preview with #38E0B2

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

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