#38D5A4#38D5A4

#38D5A4 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.511; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.146 H 167.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38D5A4
RGB	rgb(56, 213, 164)
HSL	hsl(161, 65%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(161, 74%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.7%, 0%, 23%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.74, -51.48, 12.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.74, 53.05, 165.99°)
OKLab	oklab(78.14% -0.1424 0.0328)
OKLCH	oklch(78.14% 0.146 167)
XYZ	xyz(32.1223, 51.1058, 43.2862)
Luminance	0.5111 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38D5A4 #D53869

analogous

#38D556 #38D5A4 #38B7D5

triadic

#38D5A4 #A438D5 #D5A438

tetradic

#38D5A4 #5638D5 #D53869 #B7D538

square

#38D5A4 #5638D5 #D53869 #B7D538

split-complementary

#38D5A4 #D538B7 #D55638

monochromatic

#1A795B #24AC81 #38D5A4 #6BE0BB #9DEAD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#38D5A4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.22

#38D5A4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38D5A4

11.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38D5A4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38D5A4	1.00	1.87	11.22	11.22
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0C6A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCB7A7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D6C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38d5a4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 213, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.146 167.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85e3bf',
    500: '#38d5a4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38d5a4;
$custom-light: #85e3bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38d5a4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 161.274,
    "s": 65.145,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78139,
    "c": 0.14614,
    "h": 167
  },
  "luminance": 0.5111
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38D5A4

secondary

#813049

accent

#4074E8

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F4FCF8

border

#CED5D1

text

#0D1512

muted

#7F8482

Preview Lab

Preview with #38D5A4

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

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