#38D5A7#38D5A7

#38D5A7 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.512; OKLCH L 78.2% C 0.144 H 168.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38D5A7
RGB	rgb(56, 213, 167)
HSL	hsl(162, 65%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(162, 74%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.7%, 0%, 21.6%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.81, -50.77, 11.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.81, 52.03, 167.41°)
OKLab	oklab(78.22% -0.141 0.029)
OKLCH	oklch(78.22% 0.144 168.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.3964, 51.2154, 44.7299)
Luminance	0.5122 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38D5A7 #D53866

analogous

#38D558 #38D5A7 #38B5D5

triadic

#38D5A7 #A738D5 #D5A738

tetradic

#38D5A7 #5838D5 #D53866 #B5D538

square

#38D5A7 #5838D5 #D53866 #B5D538

split-complementary

#38D5A7 #D538B5 #D55838

monochromatic

#1A795D #24AC84 #38D5A7 #6BE0BD #9DEAD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#38D5A7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.24

#38D5A7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38D5A7

11.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38D5A7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38D5A7	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)

#CFC6A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBB8AA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D6C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38d5a7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 213, 167);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.144 168.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85e3c1',
    500: '#38d5a7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38d5a7;
$custom-light: #85e3c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38d5a7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 167
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 162.42,
    "s": 65.145,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78215,
    "c": 0.14396,
    "h": 168.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.51219
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38D5A7

secondary

#813048

accent

#4071E8

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F4FCF9

border

#CED5D2

text

#0D1512

muted

#7F8482

Preview Lab

Preview with #38D5A7

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

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