#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
RGBrgb(56, 213, 165)
HSLhsl(162, 65%, 53%)
HSVhsv(162, 74%, 84%)
CMYKcmyk(73.7%, 0%, 22.5%, 16.5%)
CIE-LABlab(76.76, -51.24, 12.34)
CIE-LCHlch(76.76, 52.71, 166.46°)
OKLaboklab(78.16% -0.1419 0.0315)
OKLCHoklch(78.16% 0.145 167.5)
XYZxyz(32.2129, 51.1420, 43.7637)
Luminance0.5115 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familyteal

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
##38D5A51.001.8711.2311.23
#FFFFFF1.871.0021.0021.00
#00000011.2321.001.001.00
##00000011.2321.001.001.00

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

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#38D5A5 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva