#38D5AF#38D5AF

#38D5AF is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.515; OKLCH L 78.4% C 0.139 H 172.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38D5AF
RGB	rgb(56, 213, 175)
HSL	hsl(165, 65%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(165, 74%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.7%, 0%, 17.8%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.99, -48.85, 7.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.99, 49.40, 171.46°)
OKLab	oklab(78.43% -0.1373 0.0186)
OKLCH	oklch(78.43% 0.139 172.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.1590, 51.5204, 48.7460)
Luminance	0.5152 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38D5AF #D5385E

analogous

#38D561 #38D5AF #38ACD5

triadic

#38D5AF #AF38D5 #D5AF38

tetradic

#38D5AF #6138D5 #D5385E #ACD538

square

#38D5AF #6138D5 #D5385E #ACD538

split-complementary

#38D5AF #D538AC #D56138

monochromatic

#1A7962 #24AC8B #38D5AF #6BE0C3 #9DEAD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#38D5AF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.30

#38D5AF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38D5AF

11.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38D5AF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38D5AF	1.00	1.86	11.30	11.30
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CEC7AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAB8B2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D7CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38d5af;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 213, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.4% 0.139 172.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85e3c6',
    500: '#38d5af',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38d5af;
$custom-light: #85e3c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38d5af",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165.478,
    "s": 65.145,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78426,
    "c": 0.13857,
    "h": 172.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.51524
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38D5AF

secondary

#813044

accent

#4068E8

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F4FCF9

border

#CED5D2

text

#0D1513

muted

#7F8482

Preview Lab

Preview with #38D5AF

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

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