#38D5B5#38D5B5

#38D5B5 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.518; OKLCH L 78.6% C 0.135 H 175.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38D5B5
RGB	rgb(56, 213, 181)
HSL	hsl(168, 65%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(168, 74%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.7%, 0%, 15%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.14, -47.35, 4.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.14, 47.55, 174.77°)
OKLab	oklab(78.59% -0.1345 0.0107)
OKLCH	oklch(78.59% 0.135 175.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.7614, 51.7614, 51.9187)
Luminance	0.5177 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38D5B5 #D53858

analogous

#38D567 #38D5B5 #38A6D5

triadic

#38D5B5 #B538D5 #D5B538

tetradic

#38D5B5 #6738D5 #D53858 #A6D538

square

#38D5B5 #6738D5 #D53858 #A6D538

split-complementary

#38D5B5 #D538A6 #D56738

monochromatic

#1A7966 #24AC90 #38D5B5 #6BE0C8 #9DEADB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#38D5B5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.35

#38D5B5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38D5B5

11.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38D5B5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38D5B5	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)

#CDC7B4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8B8B7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D8CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38d5b5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 213, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.135 175.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86e3cb',
    500: '#38d5b5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38d5b5;
$custom-light: #86e3cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38d5b5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 167.771,
    "s": 65.145,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78593,
    "c": 0.13497,
    "h": 175.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.51765
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38D5B5

secondary

#813041

accent

#4062E8

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F4FCF9

border

#CED5D2

text

#0D1513

muted

#7F8482

Preview Lab

Preview with #38D5B5

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

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