#38C1AD#38C1AD

#38C1AD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.420; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.118 H 180.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C1AD
RGB	rgb(56, 193, 173)
HSL	hsl(171, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(171, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(71%, 0%, 10.4%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.87, -40.79, -0.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.87, 40.79, 180.64°)
OKLab	oklab(73.4% -0.1184 -0.0019)
OKLCH	oklch(73.4% 0.118 180.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.2400, 41.9945, 46.1445)
Luminance	0.4200 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C1AD #C1384C

analogous

#38C169 #38C1AD #3891C1

triadic

#38C1AD #AD38C1 #C1AD38

tetradic

#38C1AD #6938C1 #C1384C #91C138

square

#38C1AD #6938C1 #C1384C #91C138

split-complementary

#38C1AD #C13891 #C16938

monochromatic

#1C6258 #2A9282 #38C1AD #64D2C2 #94E0D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#38C1AD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.40

#38C1AD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C1AD

9.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C1AD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C1AD	1.00	2.23	9.40	9.40
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8B6AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5A8AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c1ad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 193, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.118 180.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82d4c5',
    500: '#38c1ad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c1ad;
$custom-light: #82d4c5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c1ad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.241,
    "s": 55.02,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73404,
    "c": 0.11843,
    "h": 180.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.41998
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C1AD

secondary

#CB8A93

accent

#495FDE

background

#F8FDFC

surface

#F0FAF8

border

#CBD3D1

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C1AD

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

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