#38D4A5#38D4A5

#38D4A5 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.506; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.144 H 167.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38D4A5
RGB	rgb(56, 212, 165)
HSL	hsl(162, 64%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(162, 74%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.6%, 0%, 22.2%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.46, -50.84, 11.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.46, 52.22, 166.81°)
OKLab	oklab(77.91% -0.141 0.0304)
OKLCH	oklch(77.91% 0.144 167.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.9622, 50.6405, 43.6801)
Luminance	0.5064 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38D4A5 #D43867

analogous

#38D457 #38D4A5 #38B5D4

triadic

#38D4A5 #A538D4 #D4A538

tetradic

#38D4A5 #5738D4 #D43867 #B5D438

square

#38D4A5 #5738D4 #D43867 #B5D438

split-complementary

#38D4A5 #D438B5 #D45738

monochromatic

#1A785B #25AA82 #38D4A5 #6ADFBC #9DEAD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#38D4A5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.13

#38D4A5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38D4A5

11.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38D4A5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38D4A5	1.00	1.89	11.13	11.13
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFC5A3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBB7A8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D5C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38d4a5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 212, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.144 167.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85e2bf',
    500: '#38d4a5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38d4a5;
$custom-light: #85e2bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38d4a5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 161.923,
    "s": 64.463,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77914,
    "c": 0.14422,
    "h": 167.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.50644
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38D4A5

secondary

#803048

accent

#4073E7

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F4FCF8

border

#CED5D1

text

#0D1512

muted

#7F8482

Preview Lab

Preview with #38D4A5

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

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