#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
RGBrgb(56, 192, 160)
HSLhsl(166, 55%, 49%)
HSVhsv(166, 71%, 75%)
CMYKcmyk(70.8%, 0%, 16.7%, 24.7%)
CIE-LABlab(70.23, -43.71, 5.71)
CIE-LCHlch(70.23, 44.08, 172.56°)
OKLaboklab(72.77% -0.1234 0.0144)
OKLCHoklch(72.77% 0.124 173.3)
XYZxyz(26.8225, 41.0750, 39.7655)
Luminance0.4108 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

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
##38C0A01.002.289.229.22
#FFFFFF2.281.0021.0021.00
#0000009.2221.001.001.00
##0000009.2221.001.001.00

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

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#38C0A0 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva