#38C0A0#38C0A0

#38C0A0 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.411; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.124 H 173.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C0A0
RGB	rgb(56, 192, 160)
HSL	hsl(166, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(166, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.8%, 0%, 16.7%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.23, -43.71, 5.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.23, 44.08, 172.56°)
OKLab	oklab(72.77% -0.1234 0.0144)
OKLCH	oklch(72.77% 0.124 173.3)
XYZ	xyz(26.8225, 41.0750, 39.7655)
Luminance	0.4108 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C0A0 #C03858

analogous

#38C05C #38C0A0 #389CC0

triadic

#38C0A0 #A038C0 #C0A038

tetradic

#38C0A0 #5C38C0 #C03858 #9CC038

square

#38C0A0 #5C38C0 #C03858 #9CC038

split-complementary

#38C0A0 #C0389C #C05C38

monochromatic

#1C6151 #2A9179 #38C0A0 #64D2B8 #93DFCD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#38C0A0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.22

#38C0A0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C0A0

9.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C0A0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C0A0	1.00	2.28	9.22	9.22
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAB49E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7A6A2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c0a0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 192, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.124 173.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81d4bc',
    500: '#38c0a0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c0a0;
$custom-light: #81d4bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c0a0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165.882,
    "s": 54.839,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72772,
    "c": 0.12427,
    "h": 173.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.41078
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C0A0

secondary

#CB8999

accent

#4A6DDE

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FAF6

border

#CBD3D0

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C0A0

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

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