#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
RGB	rgb(56, 213, 166)
HSL	hsl(162, 65%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(162, 74%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.7%, 0%, 22.1%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.79, -51.01, 11.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.79, 52.37, 166.93°)
OKLab	oklab(78.19% -0.1415 0.0303)
OKLCH	oklch(78.19% 0.145 167.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.3043, 51.1786, 44.2449)
Luminance	0.5118 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

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
##38D5A6	1.00	1.87	11.24	11.24
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

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

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