#38DFB5#38DFB5

#38DFB5 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.570; OKLCH L 81.1% C 0.146 H 171.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38DFB5
RGB	rgb(56, 223, 181)
HSL	hsl(165, 72%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(165, 75%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.9%, 0%, 18.8%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.15, -51.49, 8.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.15, 52.22, 170.45°)
OKLab	oklab(81.06% -0.1442 0.0221)
OKLCH	oklch(81.06% 0.146 171.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.3546, 56.9479, 52.7831)
Luminance	0.5695 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38DFB5 #DF3862

analogous

#38DF62 #38DFB5 #38B6DF

triadic

#38DFB5 #B538DF #DFB538

tetradic

#38DFB5 #6238DF #DF3862 #B6DF38

square

#38DFB5 #6238DF #DF3862 #B6DF38

split-complementary

#38DFB5 #DF38B6 #DF6238

monochromatic

#16876A #1EBC94 #38DFB5 #6DE7C9 #A1F0DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#38DFB5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.39

#38DFB5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38DFB5

12.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38DFB5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38DFB5	1.00	1.69	12.39	12.39
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8D0B3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3C0B8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E1D3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38dfb5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 223, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.1% 0.146 171.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87eacb',
    500: '#38dfb5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38dfb5;
$custom-light: #87eacb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38dfb5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 223,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 164.91,
    "s": 72.294,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81059,
    "c": 0.14591,
    "h": 171.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.56952
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38DFB5

secondary

#8D2E46

accent

#3967EF

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F4FDF9

border

#CED5D2

text

#0D1613

muted

#7F8482

Preview Lab

Preview with #38DFB5

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

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