#38D5B6#38D5B6

#38D5B6 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.518; OKLCH L 78.6% C 0.134 H 176.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38D5B6
RGB	rgb(56, 213, 182)
HSL	hsl(168, 65%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(168, 74%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.7%, 0%, 14.6%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.16, -47.10, 3.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.16, 47.26, 175.35°)
OKLab	oklab(78.62% -0.1341 0.0094)
OKLCH	oklch(78.62% 0.134 176)
XYZ	xyz(33.8643, 51.8026, 52.4610)
Luminance	0.5181 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38D5B6 #D53857

analogous

#38D568 #38D5B6 #38A5D5

triadic

#38D5B6 #B638D5 #D5B638

tetradic

#38D5B6 #6838D5 #D53857 #A5D538

square

#38D5B6 #6838D5 #D53857 #A5D538

split-complementary

#38D5B6 #D538A5 #D56838

monochromatic

#1A7966 #24AC91 #38D5B6 #6BE0C9 #9DEADB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#38D5B6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.36

#38D5B6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38D5B6

11.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38D5B6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38D5B6	1.00	1.85	11.36	11.36
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDC7B5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8B8B8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D8CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38d5b6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 213, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.134 176.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86e3cb',
    500: '#38d5b6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38d5b6;
$custom-light: #86e3cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38d5b6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.153,
    "s": 65.145,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78621,
    "c": 0.13441,
    "h": 176
  },
  "luminance": 0.51807
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38D5B6

secondary

#813040

accent

#4061E8

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F4FCF9

border

#CED5D2

text

#0D1513

muted

#7F8482

Preview Lab

Preview with #38D5B6

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

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