#38D5AC#38D5AC

#38D5AC is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.514; OKLCH L 78.3% C 0.141 H 170.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38D5AC
RGB	rgb(56, 213, 172)
HSL	hsl(164, 65%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(164, 74%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.7%, 0%, 19.2%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.92, -49.58, 8.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.92, 50.36, 169.90°)
OKLab	oklab(78.35% -0.1387 0.0225)
OKLCH	oklch(78.35% 0.141 170.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.8676, 51.4039, 47.2114)
Luminance	0.5141 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38D5AC #D53861

analogous

#38D55D #38D5AC #38B0D5

triadic

#38D5AC #AC38D5 #D5AC38

tetradic

#38D5AC #5D38D5 #D53861 #B0D538

square

#38D5AC #5D38D5 #D53861 #B0D538

split-complementary

#38D5AC #D538B0 #D55D38

monochromatic

#1A7960 #24AC88 #38D5AC #6BE0C1 #9DEAD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#38D5AC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.28

#38D5AC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38D5AC

11.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38D5AC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38D5AC	1.00	1.86	11.28	11.28
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFC7AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAB8AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D7C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38d5ac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 213, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.3% 0.141 170.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85e3c4',
    500: '#38d5ac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38d5ac;
$custom-light: #85e3c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38d5ac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 164.331,
    "s": 65.145,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78346,
    "c": 0.14051,
    "h": 170.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.51408
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38D5AC

secondary

#813045

accent

#406CE8

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F4FCF9

border

#CED5D2

text

#0D1512

muted

#7F8482

Preview Lab

Preview with #38D5AC

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

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