#38C0A8#38C0A8

#38C0A8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.414; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.120 H 178.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C0A8
RGB	rgb(56, 192, 168)
HSL	hsl(169, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(169, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.8%, 0%, 12.5%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.43, -41.66, 1.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.43, 41.70, 177.75°)
OKLab	oklab(73% -0.1197 0.0037)
OKLCH	oklch(73% 0.12 178.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.5449, 41.3640, 43.5705)
Luminance	0.4137 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C0A8 #C03850

analogous

#38C064 #38C0A8 #3894C0

triadic

#38C0A8 #A838C0 #C0A838

tetradic

#38C0A8 #6438C0 #C03850 #94C038

square

#38C0A8 #6438C0 #C03850 #94C038

split-complementary

#38C0A8 #C03894 #C06438

monochromatic

#1C6155 #2A917F #38C0A8 #64D2BE #93DFD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#38C0A8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.27

#38C0A8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C0A8

9.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C0A8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C0A8	1.00	2.26	9.27	9.27
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8B4A7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6A7AA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c0a8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 192, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.120 178.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82d4c1',
    500: '#38c0a8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c0a8;
$custom-light: #82d4c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c0a8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.412,
    "s": 54.839,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73004,
    "c": 0.11976,
    "h": 178.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.41367
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C0A8

secondary

#CB8995

accent

#4A64DE

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FAF7

border

#CBD3D0

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C0A8

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

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