#38D5B4#38D5B4

#38D5B4 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.517; OKLCH L 78.6% C 0.136 H 174.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38D5B4
RGB	rgb(56, 213, 180)
HSL	hsl(167, 65%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(167, 74%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.7%, 0%, 15.5%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.11, -47.60, 4.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.11, 47.85, 174.20°)
OKLab	oklab(78.57% -0.135 0.0121)
OKLCH	oklch(78.57% 0.136 174.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.6591, 51.7205, 51.3803)
Luminance	0.5172 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38D5B4 #D53859

analogous

#38D566 #38D5B4 #38A7D5

triadic

#38D5B4 #B438D5 #D5B438

tetradic

#38D5B4 #6638D5 #D53859 #A7D538

square

#38D5B4 #6638D5 #D53859 #A7D538

split-complementary

#38D5B4 #D538A7 #D56638

monochromatic

#1A7965 #24AC8F #38D5B4 #6BE0C7 #9DEADA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#38D5B4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.35

#38D5B4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38D5B4

11.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38D5B4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38D5B4	1.00	1.85	11.35	11.35
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDC7B2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9B8B6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D8CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38d5b4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 213, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.136 174.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86e3ca',
    500: '#38d5b4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38d5b4;
$custom-light: #86e3ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38d5b4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 167.389,
    "s": 65.145,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78565,
    "c": 0.13554,
    "h": 174.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.51725
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38D5B4

secondary

#813041

accent

#4063E8

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F4FCF9

border

#CED5D2

text

#0D1513

muted

#7F8482

Preview Lab

Preview with #38D5B4

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

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