#38D5AD#38D5AD

#38D5AD is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.514; OKLCH L 78.4% C 0.140 H 171.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38D5AD
RGB	rgb(56, 213, 173)
HSL	hsl(165, 65%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(165, 74%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.7%, 0%, 18.8%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.95, -49.34, 8.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.95, 50.04, 170.41°)
OKLab	oklab(78.37% -0.1382 0.0212)
OKLCH	oklch(78.37% 0.14 171.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.9640, 51.4424, 47.7191)
Luminance	0.5145 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38D5AD #D53860

analogous

#38D55E #38D5AD #38AFD5

triadic

#38D5AD #AD38D5 #D5AD38

tetradic

#38D5AD #5E38D5 #D53860 #AFD538

square

#38D5AD #5E38D5 #D53860 #AFD538

split-complementary

#38D5AD #D538AF #D55E38

monochromatic

#1A7961 #24AC89 #38D5AD #6BE0C2 #9DEAD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#38D5AD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.29

#38D5AD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38D5AD

11.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38D5AD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38D5AD	1.00	1.86	11.29	11.29
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFC7AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAB8B0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D7C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38d5ad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 213, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.4% 0.140 171.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85e3c5',
    500: '#38d5ad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38d5ad;
$custom-light: #85e3c5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38d5ad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 164.713,
    "s": 65.145,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78372,
    "c": 0.13985,
    "h": 171.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.51446
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38D5AD

secondary

#813045

accent

#406BE8

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F4FCF9

border

#CED5D2

text

#0D1512

muted

#7F8482

Preview Lab

Preview with #38D5AD

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

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