#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
RGB	rgb(56, 193, 170)
HSL	hsl(170, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(170, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(71%, 0%, 11.9%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.79, -41.58, 1.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.79, 41.59, 178.53°)
OKLab	oklab(73.31% -0.1198 0.0022)
OKLCH	oklch(73.31% 0.12 179)
XYZ	xyz(27.9530, 41.8797, 44.6328)
Luminance	0.4188 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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
##38C1AA	1.00	2.24	9.38	9.38
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C1AA

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

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