#38C0A3#38C0A3

#38C0A3 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.412; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.122 H 175.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C0A3
RGB	rgb(56, 192, 163)
HSL	hsl(167, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(167, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.8%, 0%, 15.1%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.30, -42.95, 4.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.30, 43.16, 174.44°)
OKLab	oklab(72.86% -0.122 0.0104)
OKLCH	oklch(72.86% 0.122 175.1)
XYZ	xyz(27.0881, 41.1812, 41.1644)
Luminance	0.4118 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C0A3 #C03855

analogous

#38C05F #38C0A3 #3899C0

triadic

#38C0A3 #A338C0 #C0A338

tetradic

#38C0A3 #5F38C0 #C03855 #99C038

square

#38C0A3 #5F38C0 #C03855 #99C038

split-complementary

#38C0A3 #C03899 #C05F38

monochromatic

#1C6153 #2A917B #38C0A3 #64D2BA #93DFCF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#38C0A3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.24

#38C0A3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C0A3

9.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C0A3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C0A3	1.00	2.27	9.24	9.24
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9B4A2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7A6A5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c0a3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 192, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.122 175.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81d4be',
    500: '#38c0a3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c0a3;
$custom-light: #81d4be;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c0a3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 167.206,
    "s": 54.839,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72857,
    "c": 0.12247,
    "h": 175.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.41184
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C0A3

secondary

#CB8997

accent

#4A69DE

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FAF6

border

#CBD3D0

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C0A3

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

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