#38D5A6#38D5A6

#38D5A6 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.512; OKLCH L 78.2% C 0.145 H 167.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#38D5A6
RGBrgb(56, 213, 166)
HSLhsl(162, 65%, 53%)
HSVhsv(162, 74%, 84%)
CMYKcmyk(73.7%, 0%, 22.1%, 16.5%)
CIE-LABlab(76.79, -51.01, 11.84)
CIE-LCHlch(76.79, 52.37, 166.93°)
OKLaboklab(78.19% -0.1415 0.0303)
OKLCHoklch(78.19% 0.145 167.9)
XYZxyz(32.3043, 51.1786, 44.2449)
Luminance0.5118 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#38D5A6 #D53867
analogous
#38D557 #38D5A6 #38B6D5
triadic
#38D5A6 #A638D5 #D5A638
tetradic
#38D5A6 #5738D5 #D53867 #B6D538
square
#38D5A6 #5738D5 #D53867 #B6D538
split-complementary
#38D5A6 #D538B6 #D55738
monochromatic
#1A795C #24AC83 #38D5A6 #6BE0BD #9DEAD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87
#38D5A6 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.24
#38D5A6 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38D5A6
11.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##38D5A6#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##38D5A61.001.8711.2411.24
#FFFFFF1.871.0021.0021.00
#00000011.2421.001.001.00
##00000011.2421.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#D0C6A4
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#BCB8A9
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00D6C8
Achromatopsia (no color)
#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #38d5a6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 213, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.145 167.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85e3c0',
    500: '#38d5a6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #38d5a6;
$custom-light: #85e3c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#38d5a6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 162.038,
    "s": 65.145,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78189,
    "c": 0.14468,
    "h": 167.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.51182
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#38D5A6
secondary
#813048
accent
#4072E8
background
#FCFEFD
surface
#F4FCF9
border
#CED5D2
text
#0D1512
muted
#7F8482

Preview Lab

Preview with #38D5A6

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#38D5A6 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva