#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
RGB	rgb(56, 192, 169)
HSL	hsl(170, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(170, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.8%, 0%, 12%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.46, -41.40, 1.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.46, 41.42, 178.44°)
OKLab	oklab(73.03% -0.1192 0.0023)
OKLCH	oklch(73.03% 0.119 178.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.6384, 41.4014, 44.0631)
Luminance	0.4140 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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
##38C0A9	1.00	2.26	9.28	9.28
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

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

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