#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
RGBrgb(56, 223, 181)
HSLhsl(165, 72%, 55%)
HSVhsv(165, 75%, 87%)
CMYKcmyk(74.9%, 0%, 18.8%, 12.5%)
CIE-LABlab(80.15, -51.49, 8.66)
CIE-LCHlch(80.15, 52.22, 170.45°)
OKLaboklab(81.06% -0.1442 0.0221)
OKLCHoklch(81.06% 0.146 171.3)
XYZxyz(36.3546, 56.9479, 52.7831)
Luminance0.5695 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familyteal

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
##38DFB51.001.6912.3912.39
#FFFFFF1.691.0021.0021.00
#00000012.3921.001.001.00
##00000012.3921.001.001.00

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

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#38DFB5 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva