#38C5A1#38C5A1

#38C5A1 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.433; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.129 H 171.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C5A1
RGB	rgb(56, 197, 161)
HSL	hsl(165, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(165, 72%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.6%, 0%, 18.3%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.79, -45.59, 7.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.79, 46.19, 170.78°)
OKLab	oklab(74.06% -0.128 0.0188)
OKLCH	oklch(74.06% 0.129 171.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.0268, 43.3432, 40.6003)
Luminance	0.4335 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C5A1 #C5385C

analogous

#38C55B #38C5A1 #38A3C5

triadic

#38C5A1 #A138C5 #C5A138

tetradic

#38C5A1 #5B38C5 #C5385C #A3C538

square

#38C5A1 #5B38C5 #C5385C #A3C538

split-complementary

#38C5A1 #C538A3 #C55B38

monochromatic

#1D6653 #2A957A #38C5A1 #67D4B8 #96E1CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#38C5A1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.67

#38C5A1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C5A1

9.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C5A1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C5A1	1.00	2.17	9.67	9.67
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFB89F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACAAA4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C7BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c5a1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 197, 161);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.129 171.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82d7bc',
    500: '#38c5a1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c5a1;
$custom-light: #82d7bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c5a1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 161
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 164.681,
    "s": 55.731,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74055,
    "c": 0.12937,
    "h": 171.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.43346
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C5A1

secondary

#CD8C9D

accent

#496FDF

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FAF6

border

#CBD3D0

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C5A1

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

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