#38C0AC#38C0AC

#38C0AC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.415; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.118 H 180.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C0AC
RGB	rgb(56, 192, 172)
HSL	hsl(171, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(171, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.8%, 0%, 10.4%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.54, -40.61, -0.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.54, 40.61, 180.56°)
OKLab	oklab(73.12% -0.1179 -0.0017)
OKLCH	oklch(73.12% 0.118 180.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.9233, 41.5153, 45.5633)
Luminance	0.4152 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C0AC #C0384C

analogous

#38C068 #38C0AC #3890C0

triadic

#38C0AC #AC38C0 #C0AC38

tetradic

#38C0AC #6838C0 #C0384C #90C038

square

#38C0AC #6838C0 #C0384C #90C038

split-complementary

#38C0AC #C03890 #C06838

monochromatic

#1C6157 #2A9182 #38C0AC #64D2C1 #93DFD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#38C0AC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.30

#38C0AC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C0AC

9.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C0AC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C0AC	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)

#B7B5AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5A7AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c0ac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 192, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.118 180.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82d4c4',
    500: '#38c0ac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c0ac;
$custom-light: #82d4c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c0ac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.176,
    "s": 54.839,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73124,
    "c": 0.11787,
    "h": 180.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.41519
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C0AC

secondary

#CB8993

accent

#4A5FDE

background

#F8FDFC

surface

#F0FAF8

border

#CBD3D1

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C0AC

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

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