#38D1B5#38D1B5

#38D1B5 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.498; OKLCH L 77.6% C 0.131 H 177.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38D1B5
RGB	rgb(56, 209, 181)
HSL	hsl(169, 62%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(169, 73%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.2%, 0%, 13.4%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.93, -45.66, 2.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.93, 45.73, 176.76°)
OKLab	oklab(77.61% -0.1306 0.0061)
OKLCH	oklch(77.61% 0.131 177.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.7677, 49.7740, 51.5875)
Luminance	0.4978 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38D1B5 #D13854

analogous

#38D169 #38D1B5 #38A0D1

triadic

#38D1B5 #B538D1 #D1B538

tetradic

#38D1B5 #6938D1 #D13854 #A0D138

square

#38D1B5 #6938D1 #D13854 #A0D138

split-complementary

#38D1B5 #D138A0 #D16938

monochromatic

#1B7464 #26A68E #38D1B5 #6ADCC7 #9BE8DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#38D1B5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.96

#38D1B5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38D1B5

10.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38D1B5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38D1B5	1.00	1.92	10.96	10.96
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9C4B4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4B5B7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D4C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38d1b5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 209, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.6% 0.131 177.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85e0cb',
    500: '#38d1b5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38d1b5;
$custom-light: #85e0cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38d1b5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.02,
    "s": 62.449,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77606,
    "c": 0.13077,
    "h": 177.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.49778
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38D1B5

secondary

#D4919D

accent

#4260E6

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FBF8

border

#CBD4D1

text

#0D1513

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #38D1B5

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

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