#38C5A5#38C5A5

#38C5A5 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.435; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.127 H 173.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C5A5
RGB	rgb(56, 197, 165)
HSL	hsl(166, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(166, 72%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.6%, 0%, 16.2%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.88, -44.60, 5.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.88, 44.92, 173.13°)
OKLab	oklab(74.17% -0.1261 0.0135)
OKLCH	oklch(74.17% 0.127 173.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.3852, 43.4865, 42.4878)
Luminance	0.4349 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C5A5 #C53858

analogous

#38C55F #38C5A5 #389FC5

triadic

#38C5A5 #A538C5 #C5A538

tetradic

#38C5A5 #5F38C5 #C53858 #9FC538

square

#38C5A5 #5F38C5 #C53858 #9FC538

split-complementary

#38C5A5 #C5389F #C55F38

monochromatic

#1D6655 #2A957D #38C5A5 #67D4BB #96E1D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#38C5A5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.70

#38C5A5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C5A5

9.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C5A5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C5A5	1.00	2.17	9.70	9.70
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEB8A4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABAAA7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C7BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c5a5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 197, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.127 173.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82d7bf',
    500: '#38c5a5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c5a5;
$custom-light: #82d7bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c5a5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.383,
    "s": 55.731,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74166,
    "c": 0.12685,
    "h": 173.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.4349
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C5A5

secondary

#CD8C9B

accent

#496BDF

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FAF7

border

#CBD3D0

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C5A5

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

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