#38D5A9#38D5A9

#38D5A9 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.513; OKLCH L 78.3% C 0.143 H 169.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38D5A9
RGB	rgb(56, 213, 169)
HSL	hsl(163, 65%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(163, 74%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.7%, 0%, 20.7%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.85, -50.30, 10.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.85, 51.35, 168.39°)
OKLab	oklab(78.27% -0.1401 0.0264)
OKLCH	oklch(78.27% 0.143 169.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.5827, 51.2899, 45.7112)
Luminance	0.5129 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38D5A9 #D53864

analogous

#38D55B #38D5A9 #38B2D5

triadic

#38D5A9 #A938D5 #D5A938

tetradic

#38D5A9 #5B38D5 #D53864 #B2D538

square

#38D5A9 #5B38D5 #D53864 #B2D538

split-complementary

#38D5A9 #D538B2 #D55B38

monochromatic

#1A795E #24AC86 #38D5A9 #6BE0BF #9DEAD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#38D5A9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.26

#38D5A9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38D5A9

11.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38D5A9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38D5A9	1.00	1.87	11.26	11.26
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFC6A7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBB8AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D6C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38d5a9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 213, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.3% 0.143 169.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85e3c2',
    500: '#38d5a9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38d5a9;
$custom-light: #85e3c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38d5a9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 163.185,
    "s": 65.145,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78267,
    "c": 0.14255,
    "h": 169.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.51294
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38D5A9

secondary

#813047

accent

#406FE8

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F4FCF9

border

#CED5D2

text

#0D1512

muted

#7F8482

Preview Lab

Preview with #38D5A9

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

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