#38D5AA#38D5AA

#38D5AA is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.513; OKLCH L 78.3% C 0.142 H 169.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38D5AA
RGB	rgb(56, 213, 170)
HSL	hsl(164, 65%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(164, 74%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.7%, 0%, 20.2%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.88, -50.06, 9.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.88, 51.02, 168.88°)
OKLab	oklab(78.29% -0.1396 0.0251)
OKLCH	oklch(78.29% 0.142 169.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.6770, 51.3276, 46.2075)
Luminance	0.5133 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38D5AA #D53863

analogous

#38D55C #38D5AA #38B1D5

triadic

#38D5AA #AA38D5 #D5AA38

tetradic

#38D5AA #5C38D5 #D53863 #B1D538

square

#38D5AA #5C38D5 #D53863 #B1D538

split-complementary

#38D5AA #D538B1 #D55C38

monochromatic

#1A795F #24AC87 #38D5AA #6BE0C0 #9DEAD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#38D5AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.27

#38D5AA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38D5AA

11.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38D5AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38D5AA	1.00	1.86	11.27	11.27
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFC6A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBB8AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D6C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38d5aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 213, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.3% 0.142 169.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85e3c3',
    500: '#38d5aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38d5aa;
$custom-light: #85e3c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38d5aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 163.567,
    "s": 65.145,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78293,
    "c": 0.14186,
    "h": 169.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.51332
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38D5AA

secondary

#813046

accent

#406EE8

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F4FCF9

border

#CED5D2

text

#0D1512

muted

#7F8482

Preview Lab

Preview with #38D5AA

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

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