#38DDA5#38DDA5

#38DDA5 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.553; OKLCH L 80.2% C 0.155 H 165.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38DDA5
RGB	rgb(56, 221, 165)
HSL	hsl(160, 71%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(160, 75%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.7%, 0%, 25.3%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.19, -54.43, 15.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.19, 56.67, 163.85°)
OKLab	oklab(80.16% -0.1497 0.0402)
OKLCH	oklch(80.16% 0.155 165)
XYZ	xyz(34.2750, 55.2662, 44.4510)
Luminance	0.5527 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38DDA5 #DD3870

analogous

#38DD53 #38DDA5 #38C3DD

triadic

#38DDA5 #A538DD #DDA538

tetradic

#38DDA5 #5338DD #DD3870 #C3DD38

square

#38DDA5 #5338DD #DD3870 #C3DD38

split-complementary

#38DDA5 #DD38C3 #DD5338

monochromatic

#17845F #1FB884 #38DDA5 #6CE6BD #A1EFD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#38DDA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.05

#38DDA5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38DDA5

12.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38DDA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38DDA5	1.00	1.74	12.05	12.05
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8CDA2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4BEA9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DDCE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38dda5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 221, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.2% 0.155 165.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86e8bf',
    500: '#38dda5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38dda5;
$custom-light: #86e8bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38dda5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 159.636,
    "s": 70.815,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80158,
    "c": 0.155,
    "h": 165
  },
  "luminance": 0.5527
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38DDA5

secondary

#8B2F4E

accent

#3A77EE

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F4FDF8

border

#CED5D1

text

#0D1612

muted

#7F8482

Preview Lab

Preview with #38DDA5

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

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