#38D8A5#38D8A5

#38D8A5 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.527; OKLCH L 78.9% C 0.149 H 166.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38D8A5
RGB	rgb(56, 216, 165)
HSL	hsl(161, 67%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(161, 74%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.1%, 0%, 23.6%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.68, -52.45, 13.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.68, 54.19, 165.43°)
OKLab	oklab(78.91% -0.1449 0.0348)
OKLCH	oklch(78.91% 0.149 166.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.9745, 52.6652, 44.0175)
Luminance	0.5267 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38D8A5 #D8386B

analogous

#38D855 #38D8A5 #38BBD8

triadic

#38D8A5 #A538D8 #D8A538

tetradic

#38D8A5 #5538D8 #D8386B #BBD838

square

#38D8A5 #5538D8 #D8386B #BBD838

split-complementary

#38D8A5 #D838BB #D85538

monochromatic

#197D5D #23B083 #38D8A5 #6BE2BC #9EECD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#38D8A5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.53

#38D8A5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38D8A5

11.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38D8A5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38D8A5	1.00	1.82	11.53	11.53
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3C9A2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFBAA8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D9CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38d8a5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 216, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.9% 0.149 166.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86e5bf',
    500: '#38d8a5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38d8a5;
$custom-light: #86e5bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38d8a5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 160.875,
    "s": 67.227,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78912,
    "c": 0.14899,
    "h": 166.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.52669
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38D8A5

secondary

#84304B

accent

#3E75EA

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F4FCF8

border

#CED5D1

text

#0D1612

muted

#7F8482

Preview Lab

Preview with #38D8A5

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

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