#38C0AA#38C0AA

#38C0AA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.414; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.119 H 179.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C0AA
RGB	rgb(56, 192, 170)
HSL	hsl(170, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(170, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.8%, 0%, 11.5%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.48, -41.14, 0.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.48, 41.14, 179.14°)
OKLab	oklab(73.06% -0.1188 0.001)
OKLCH	oklch(73.06% 0.119 179.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.7327, 41.4391, 44.5594)
Luminance	0.4144 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C0AA #C0384E

analogous

#38C066 #38C0AA #3892C0

triadic

#38C0AA #AA38C0 #C0AA38

tetradic

#38C0AA #6638C0 #C0384E #92C038

square

#38C0AA #6638C0 #C0384E #92C038

split-complementary

#38C0AA #C03892 #C06638

monochromatic

#1C6156 #2A9180 #38C0AA #64D2C0 #93DFD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#38C0AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.29

#38C0AA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C0AA

9.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C0AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C0AA	1.00	2.26	9.29	9.29
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8B4A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5A7AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c0aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 192, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.119 179.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82d4c3',
    500: '#38c0aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c0aa;
$custom-light: #82d4c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c0aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.294,
    "s": 54.839,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73064,
    "c": 0.11878,
    "h": 179.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.41442
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C0AA

secondary

#CB8994

accent

#4A62DE

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FAF7

border

#CBD3D0

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C0AA

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

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