#38C1AA#38C1AA

#38C1AA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.419; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.120 H 179.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#38C1AA
RGBrgb(56, 193, 170)
HSLhsl(170, 55%, 49%)
HSVhsv(170, 71%, 76%)
CMYKcmyk(71%, 0%, 11.9%, 24.3%)
CIE-LABlab(70.79, -41.58, 1.07)
CIE-LCHlch(70.79, 41.59, 178.53°)
OKLaboklab(73.31% -0.1198 0.0022)
OKLCHoklch(73.31% 0.12 179)
XYZxyz(27.9530, 41.8797, 44.6328)
Luminance0.4188 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#38C1AA #C1384F
analogous
#38C166 #38C1AA #3894C1
triadic
#38C1AA #AA38C1 #C1AA38
tetradic
#38C1AA #6638C1 #C1384F #94C138
square
#38C1AA #6638C1 #C1384F #94C138
split-complementary
#38C1AA #C13894 #C16638
monochromatic
#1C6256 #2A9280 #38C1AA #64D2C0 #94E0D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24
#38C1AA on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.38
#38C1AA on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C1AA
9.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##38C1AA#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##38C1AA1.002.249.389.38
#FFFFFF2.241.0021.0021.00
#0000009.3821.001.001.00
##0000009.3821.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#B9B5A9
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#A6A7AC
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00C4BA
Achromatopsia (no color)
#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #38c1aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 193, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.120 179.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82d4c3',
    500: '#38c1aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #38c1aa;
$custom-light: #82d4c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#38c1aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.927,
    "s": 55.02,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73313,
    "c": 0.11981,
    "h": 179
  },
  "luminance": 0.41883
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#38C1AA
secondary
#CB8A95
accent
#4962DE
background
#F8FDFB
surface
#F0FAF7
border
#CBD3D0
text
#0C1412
muted
#7D8381

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#38C1AA Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva