#38C1AC#38C1AC

#38C1AC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.420; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.119 H 180.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C1AC
RGB	rgb(56, 193, 172)
HSL	hsl(171, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(171, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(71%, 0%, 10.9%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.84, -41.05, 0.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.84, 41.05, 179.93°)
OKLab	oklab(73.37% -0.1189 -0.0005)
OKLCH	oklch(73.37% 0.119 180.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.1436, 41.9559, 45.6368)
Luminance	0.4196 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C1AC #C1384D

analogous

#38C168 #38C1AC #3892C1

triadic

#38C1AC #AC38C1 #C1AC38

tetradic

#38C1AC #6838C1 #C1384D #92C138

square

#38C1AC #6838C1 #C1384D #92C138

split-complementary

#38C1AC #C13892 #C16838

monochromatic

#1C6257 #2A9282 #38C1AC #64D2C1 #94E0D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#38C1AC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.39

#38C1AC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C1AC

9.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C1AC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C1AC	1.00	2.24	9.39	9.39
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9B5AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6A8AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c1ac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 193, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.119 180.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82d4c4',
    500: '#38c1ac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c1ac;
$custom-light: #82d4c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c1ac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.803,
    "s": 55.02,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73373,
    "c": 0.11887,
    "h": 180.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.41959
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C1AC

secondary

#CB8A94

accent

#4960DE

background

#F8FDFC

surface

#F0FAF8

border

#CBD3D1

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C1AC

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

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