#38D5B3#38D5B3

#38D5B3 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.517; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.136 H 174.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38D5B3
RGB	rgb(56, 213, 179)
HSL	hsl(167, 65%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(167, 74%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.7%, 0%, 16%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.09, -47.86, 5.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.09, 48.15, 173.64°)
OKLab	oklab(78.54% -0.1355 0.0134)
OKLCH	oklch(78.54% 0.136 174.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.5576, 51.6799, 50.8457)
Luminance	0.5168 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38D5B3 #D5385A

analogous

#38D564 #38D5B3 #38A9D5

triadic

#38D5B3 #B338D5 #D5B338

tetradic

#38D5B3 #6438D5 #D5385A #A9D538

square

#38D5B3 #6438D5 #D5385A #A9D538

split-complementary

#38D5B3 #D538A9 #D56438

monochromatic

#1A7964 #24AC8E #38D5B3 #6BE0C6 #9DEADA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#38D5B3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.34

#38D5B3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38D5B3

11.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38D5B3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38D5B3	1.00	1.85	11.34	11.34
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CEC7B1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9B8B5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D7CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38d5b3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 213, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.136 174.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86e3c9',
    500: '#38d5b3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38d5b3;
$custom-light: #86e3c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38d5b3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 167.006,
    "s": 65.145,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78537,
    "c": 0.13612,
    "h": 174.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.51684
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38D5B3

secondary

#813042

accent

#4064E8

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F4FCF9

border

#CED5D2

text

#0D1513

muted

#7F8482

Preview Lab

Preview with #38D5B3

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

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