#38C0A9#38C0A9

#38C0A9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.414; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.119 H 178.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#38C0A9
RGBrgb(56, 192, 169)
HSLhsl(170, 55%, 49%)
HSVhsv(170, 71%, 75%)
CMYKcmyk(70.8%, 0%, 12%, 24.7%)
CIE-LABlab(70.46, -41.40, 1.13)
CIE-LCHlch(70.46, 41.42, 178.44°)
OKLaboklab(73.03% -0.1192 0.0023)
OKLCHoklch(73.03% 0.119 178.9)
XYZxyz(27.6384, 41.4014, 44.0631)
Luminance0.4140 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#38C0A9 #C0384F
analogous
#38C065 #38C0A9 #3893C0
triadic
#38C0A9 #A938C0 #C0A938
tetradic
#38C0A9 #6538C0 #C0384F #93C038
square
#38C0A9 #6538C0 #C0384F #93C038
split-complementary
#38C0A9 #C03893 #C06538
monochromatic
#1C6156 #2A917F #38C0A9 #64D2BF #93DFD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26
#38C0A9 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.28
#38C0A9 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C0A9
9.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##38C0A9#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##38C0A91.002.269.289.28
#FFFFFF2.261.0021.0021.00
#0000009.2821.001.001.00
##0000009.2821.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#B8B4A8
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#A5A7AB
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00C3B9
Achromatopsia (no color)
#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #38c0a9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 192, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.119 178.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82d4c2',
    500: '#38c0a9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #38c0a9;
$custom-light: #82d4c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#38c0a9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.853,
    "s": 54.839,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73034,
    "c": 0.11926,
    "h": 178.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.41405
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#38C0A9
secondary
#CB8994
accent
#4A63DE
background
#F8FDFB
surface
#F0FAF7
border
#CBD3D0
text
#0C1412
muted
#7D8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C0A9

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#38C0A9 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva