#38C1AE#38C1AE

#38C1AE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.420; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.118 H 181.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C1AE
RGB	rgb(56, 193, 174)
HSL	hsl(172, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(172, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(71%, 0%, 9.8%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.89, -40.52, -0.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.89, 40.53, 181.36°)
OKLab	oklab(73.43% -0.1179 -0.0033)
OKLCH	oklch(73.43% 0.118 181.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.3371, 42.0334, 46.6560)
Luminance	0.4204 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C1AE #C1384B

analogous

#38C16A #38C1AE #3890C1

triadic

#38C1AE #AE38C1 #C1AE38

tetradic

#38C1AE #6A38C1 #C1384B #90C138

square

#38C1AE #6A38C1 #C1384B #90C138

split-complementary

#38C1AE #C13890 #C16A38

monochromatic

#1C6258 #2A9283 #38C1AE #64D2C3 #94E0D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#38C1AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.41

#38C1AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C1AE

9.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C1AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C1AE	1.00	2.23	9.41	9.41
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8B6AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5A8B0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c1ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 193, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.118 181.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82d4c6',
    500: '#38c1ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c1ae;
$custom-light: #82d4c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c1ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.679,
    "s": 55.02,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73434,
    "c": 0.118,
    "h": 181.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.42037
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C1AE

secondary

#CB8A93

accent

#495EDE

background

#F8FDFC

surface

#F0FAF8

border

#CBD3D1

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C1AE

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

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