#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
RGBrgb(56, 213, 164)
HSLhsl(161, 65%, 53%)
HSVhsv(161, 74%, 84%)
CMYKcmyk(73.7%, 0%, 23%, 16.5%)
CIE-LABlab(76.74, -51.48, 12.84)
CIE-LCHlch(76.74, 53.05, 165.99°)
OKLaboklab(78.14% -0.1424 0.0328)
OKLCHoklch(78.14% 0.146 167)
XYZxyz(32.1223, 51.1058, 43.2862)
Luminance0.5111 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familyteal

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
##38D5A41.001.8711.2211.22
#FFFFFF1.871.0021.0021.00
#00000011.2221.001.001.00
##00000011.2221.001.001.00

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

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#38D5A4 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva