#38CDA5#38CDA5

#38CDA5 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.472; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.136 H 170.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38CDA5
RGB	rgb(56, 205, 165)
HSL	hsl(164, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(164, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.7%, 0%, 19.5%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.33, -47.97, 8.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.33, 48.78, 169.51°)
OKLab	oklab(76.17% -0.1341 0.0227)
OKLCH	oklch(76.17% 0.136 170.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.2502, 47.2164, 43.1094)
Luminance	0.4722 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38CDA5 #CD3860

analogous

#38CD5A #38CDA5 #38AACD

triadic

#38CDA5 #A538CD #CDA538

tetradic

#38CDA5 #5A38CD #CD3860 #AACD38

square

#38CDA5 #5A38CD #CD3860 #AACD38

split-complementary

#38CDA5 #CD38AA #CD5A38

monochromatic

#1C6F59 #28A080 #38CDA5 #69D9BB #9AE6D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#38CDA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.44

#38CDA5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38CDA5

10.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38CDA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38CDA5	1.00	2.01	10.44	10.44
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7BFA3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4B1A8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CFC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38cda5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 205, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.136 170.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84ddbf',
    500: '#38cda5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38cda5;
$custom-light: #84ddbf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38cda5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 163.893,
    "s": 59.839,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76166,
    "c": 0.13599,
    "h": 170.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.4722
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38CDA5

secondary

#D18FA1

accent

#456FE3

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FBF7

border

#CBD4D0

text

#0C1512

muted

#7D8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #38CDA5

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

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