#38C5AD#38C5AD

#38C5AD is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.438; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.122 H 178.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C5AD
RGB	rgb(56, 197, 173)
HSL	hsl(170, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(170, 72%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.6%, 0%, 12.2%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.09, -42.55, 1.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.09, 42.57, 178.22°)
OKLab	oklab(74.4% -0.1224 0.0028)
OKLCH	oklch(74.4% 0.122 178.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.1362, 43.7870, 46.4432)
Luminance	0.4379 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C5AD #C53850

analogous

#38C566 #38C5AD #3897C5

triadic

#38C5AD #AD38C5 #C5AD38

tetradic

#38C5AD #6638C5 #C53850 #97C538

square

#38C5AD #6638C5 #C53850 #97C538

split-complementary

#38C5AD #C53897 #C56638

monochromatic

#1D6659 #2A9583 #38C5AD #67D4C1 #96E1D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#38C5AD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.76

#38C5AD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C5AD

9.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C5AD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C5AD	1.00	2.15	9.76	9.76
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDB9AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAABAF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C8BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c5ad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 197, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.122 178.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83d7c5',
    500: '#38c5ad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c5ad;
$custom-light: #83d7c5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c5ad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.787,
    "s": 55.731,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74398,
    "c": 0.12245,
    "h": 178.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.4379
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C5AD

secondary

#CD8C97

accent

#4962DF

background

#F8FDFC

surface

#F0FAF8

border

#CBD3D1

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C5AD

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

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