#38C1AB#38C1AB

#38C1AB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.419; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.119 H 179.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C1AB
RGB	rgb(56, 193, 171)
HSL	hsl(170, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(170, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(71%, 0%, 11.4%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.81, -41.32, 0.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.81, 41.32, 179.23°)
OKLab	oklab(73.34% -0.1193 0.0008)
OKLCH	oklch(73.34% 0.119 179.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.0479, 41.9177, 45.1329)
Luminance	0.4192 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C1AB #C1384E

analogous

#38C167 #38C1AB #3893C1

triadic

#38C1AB #AB38C1 #C1AB38

tetradic

#38C1AB #6738C1 #C1384E #93C138

square

#38C1AB #6738C1 #C1384E #93C138

split-complementary

#38C1AB #C13893 #C16738

monochromatic

#1C6257 #2A9281 #38C1AB #64D2C0 #94E0D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#38C1AB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.38

#38C1AB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C1AB

9.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C1AB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C1AB	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)

#B9B5AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6A8AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c1ab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 193, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.119 179.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82d4c3',
    500: '#38c1ab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c1ab;
$custom-light: #82d4c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c1ab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.365,
    "s": 55.02,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73343,
    "c": 0.11933,
    "h": 179.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.41921
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C1AB

secondary

#CB8A94

accent

#4961DE

background

#F8FDFC

surface

#F0FAF8

border

#CBD3D1

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C1AB

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

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