#38C0AF#38C0AF

#38C0AF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.416; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.117 H 182.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C0AF
RGB	rgb(56, 192, 175)
HSL	hsl(173, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(173, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.8%, 0%, 8.9%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.62, -39.81, -1.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.62, 39.85, 182.76°)
OKLab	oklab(73.22% -0.1165 -0.0058)
OKLCH	oklch(73.22% 0.117 182.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.2147, 41.6319, 47.0979)
Luminance	0.4163 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C0AF #C03849

analogous

#38C06B #38C0AF #388DC0

triadic

#38C0AF #AF38C0 #C0AF38

tetradic

#38C0AF #6B38C0 #C03849 #8DC038

square

#38C0AF #6B38C0 #C03849 #8DC038

split-complementary

#38C0AF #C0388D #C06B38

monochromatic

#1C6159 #2A9184 #38C0AF #64D2C4 #93DFD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#38C0AF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.33

#38C0AF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C0AF

9.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C0AF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C0AF	1.00	2.25	9.33	9.33
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7B5AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4A7B1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c0af;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 192, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.117 182.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82d3c6',
    500: '#38c0af',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c0af;
$custom-light: #82d3c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c0af",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.5,
    "s": 54.839,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73217,
    "c": 0.11664,
    "h": 182.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.41635
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C0AF

secondary

#CB8991

accent

#4A5CDE

background

#F8FDFC

surface

#F0FAF8

border

#CBD3D1

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C0AF

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

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