#38C0AB#38C0AB

#38C0AB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.415; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.118 H 180.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C0AB
RGB	rgb(56, 192, 171)
HSL	hsl(171, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(171, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.8%, 0%, 10.9%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.51, -40.87, 0.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.51, 40.87, 179.84°)
OKLab	oklab(73.09% -0.1183 -0.0004)
OKLCH	oklch(73.09% 0.118 180.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.8276, 41.4771, 45.0595)
Luminance	0.4148 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C0AB #C0384D

analogous

#38C067 #38C0AB #3891C0

triadic

#38C0AB #AB38C0 #C0AB38

tetradic

#38C0AB #6738C0 #C0384D #91C038

square

#38C0AB #6738C0 #C0384D #91C038

split-complementary

#38C0AB #C03891 #C06738

monochromatic

#1C6157 #2A9181 #38C0AB #64D2C1 #93DFD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#38C0AB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.30

#38C0AB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C0AB

9.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C0AB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C0AB	1.00	2.26	9.30	9.30
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8B5AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5A7AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c0ab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 192, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.118 180.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82d4c3',
    500: '#38c0ab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c0ab;
$custom-light: #82d4c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c0ab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.735,
    "s": 54.839,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73094,
    "c": 0.11832,
    "h": 180.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.4148
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C0AB

secondary

#CB8993

accent

#4A61DE

background

#F8FDFC

surface

#F0FAF8

border

#CBD3D1

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C0AB

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

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