#38D5A5#38D5A5

#38D5A5 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.511; OKLCH L 78.2% C 0.145 H 167.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38D5A5
RGB	rgb(56, 213, 165)
HSL	hsl(162, 65%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(162, 74%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.7%, 0%, 22.5%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.76, -51.24, 12.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.76, 52.71, 166.46°)
OKLab	oklab(78.16% -0.1419 0.0315)
OKLCH	oklch(78.16% 0.145 167.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.2129, 51.1420, 43.7637)
Luminance	0.5115 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38D5A5 #D53868

analogous

#38D556 #38D5A5 #38B6D5

triadic

#38D5A5 #A538D5 #D5A538

tetradic

#38D5A5 #5638D5 #D53868 #B6D538

square

#38D5A5 #5638D5 #D53868 #B6D538

split-complementary

#38D5A5 #D538B6 #D55638

monochromatic

#1A795C #24AC82 #38D5A5 #6BE0BC #9DEAD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#38D5A5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.23

#38D5A5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38D5A5

11.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38D5A5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38D5A5	1.00	1.87	11.23	11.23
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0C6A2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCB7A8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D6C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38d5a5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 213, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.145 167.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85e3bf',
    500: '#38d5a5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38d5a5;
$custom-light: #85e3bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38d5a5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 161.656,
    "s": 65.145,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78164,
    "c": 0.1454,
    "h": 167.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.51146
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38D5A5

secondary

#813049

accent

#4073E8

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F4FCF8

border

#CED5D1

text

#0D1512

muted

#7F8482

Preview Lab

Preview with #38D5A5

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

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