#38D2B5#38D2B5

#38D2B5 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.503; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.132 H 176.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38D2B5
RGB	rgb(56, 210, 181)
HSL	hsl(169, 63%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(169, 73%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.3%, 0%, 13.8%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.23, -46.08, 3.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.23, 46.18, 176.25°)
OKLab	oklab(77.85% -0.1316 0.0073)
OKLCH	oklch(77.85% 0.132 176.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.0138, 50.2662, 51.6695)
Luminance	0.5027 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38D2B5 #D23855

analogous

#38D268 #38D2B5 #38A2D2

triadic

#38D2B5 #B538D2 #D2B538

tetradic

#38D2B5 #6838D2 #D23855 #A2D238

square

#38D2B5 #6838D2 #D23855 #A2D238

split-complementary

#38D2B5 #D238A2 #D26838

monochromatic

#1A7564 #26A78F #38D2B5 #6ADDC8 #9CE9DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#38D2B5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.05

#38D2B5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38D2B5

11.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38D2B5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38D2B5	1.00	1.90	11.05	11.05
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAC5B4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5B6B7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D5C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38d2b5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 210, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.132 176.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85e0cb',
    500: '#38d2b5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38d2b5;
$custom-light: #85e0cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38d2b5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.701,
    "s": 63.115,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77852,
    "c": 0.13181,
    "h": 176.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.5027
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38D2B5

secondary

#7E313F

accent

#4261E6

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F4FCF9

border

#CED5D2

text

#0D1513

muted

#7F8482

Preview Lab

Preview with #38D2B5

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

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