#38D5B7#38D5B7

#38D5B7 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.518; OKLCH L 78.6% C 0.134 H 176.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38D5B7
RGB	rgb(56, 213, 183)
HSL	hsl(169, 65%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(169, 74%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.7%, 0%, 14.1%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.19, -46.85, 3.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.19, 46.96, 175.93°)
OKLab	oklab(78.65% -0.1336 0.0081)
OKLCH	oklch(78.65% 0.134 176.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.9681, 51.8441, 53.0072)
Luminance	0.5185 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38D5B7 #D53856

analogous

#38D568 #38D5B7 #38A4D5

triadic

#38D5B7 #B738D5 #D5B738

tetradic

#38D5B7 #6838D5 #D53856 #A4D538

square

#38D5B7 #6838D5 #D53856 #A4D538

split-complementary

#38D5B7 #D538A4 #D56838

monochromatic

#1A7967 #24AC92 #38D5B7 #6BE0C9 #9DEADC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#38D5B7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.37

#38D5B7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38D5B7

11.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38D5B7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38D5B7	1.00	1.85	11.37	11.37
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDC8B6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8B8B9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D8CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38d5b7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 213, 183);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.134 176.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86e3cc',
    500: '#38d5b7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38d5b7;
$custom-light: #86e3cc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38d5b7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 183
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.535,
    "s": 65.145,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7865,
    "c": 0.13388,
    "h": 176.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.51848
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38D5B7

secondary

#813040

accent

#4060E8

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F4FCFA

border

#CED5D3

text

#0D1513

muted

#7F8483

Preview Lab

Preview with #38D5B7

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

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