#38C0AE#38C0AE

#38C0AE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.416; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.117 H 182.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C0AE
RGB	rgb(56, 192, 174)
HSL	hsl(172, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(172, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.8%, 0%, 9.4%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.59, -40.07, -1.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.59, 40.10, 182.01°)
OKLab	oklab(73.19% -0.1169 -0.0044)
OKLCH	oklch(73.19% 0.117 182.2)
XYZ	xyz(28.1168, 41.5927, 46.5825)
Luminance	0.4160 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C0AE #C0384A

analogous

#38C06A #38C0AE #388EC0

triadic

#38C0AE #AE38C0 #C0AE38

tetradic

#38C0AE #6A38C0 #C0384A #8EC038

square

#38C0AE #6A38C0 #C0384A #8EC038

split-complementary

#38C0AE #C0388E #C06A38

monochromatic

#1C6158 #2A9183 #38C0AE #64D2C3 #93DFD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#38C0AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.32

#38C0AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C0AE

9.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C0AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C0AE	1.00	2.25	9.32	9.32
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7B5AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4A7B0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c0ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 192, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.117 182.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82d3c6',
    500: '#38c0ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c0ae;
$custom-light: #82d3c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c0ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.059,
    "s": 54.839,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73186,
    "c": 0.11702,
    "h": 182.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.41596
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C0AE

secondary

#CB8992

accent

#4A5DDE

background

#F8FDFC

surface

#F0FAF8

border

#CBD3D1

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C0AE

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

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