#38C1AF#38C1AF

#38C1AF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.421; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.118 H 182.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C1AF
RGB	rgb(56, 193, 175)
HSL	hsl(172, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(172, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(71%, 0%, 9.3%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.92, -40.25, -1.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.92, 40.28, 182.09°)
OKLab	oklab(73.47% -0.1175 -0.0046)
OKLCH	oklch(73.47% 0.118 182.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.4350, 42.0725, 47.1713)
Luminance	0.4208 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C1AF #C1384A

analogous

#38C16B #38C1AF #388FC1

triadic

#38C1AF #AF38C1 #C1AF38

tetradic

#38C1AF #6B38C1 #C1384A #8FC138

square

#38C1AF #6B38C1 #C1384A #8FC138

split-complementary

#38C1AF #C1388F #C16B38

monochromatic

#1C6259 #2A9284 #38C1AF #64D2C4 #94E0D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#38C1AF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.42

#38C1AF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C1AF

9.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C1AF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C1AF	1.00	2.23	9.42	9.42
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8B6AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5A8B1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c1af;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 193, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.118 182.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82d4c6',
    500: '#38c1af',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c1af;
$custom-light: #82d4c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c1af",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.117,
    "s": 55.02,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73465,
    "c": 0.11758,
    "h": 182.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.42076
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C1AF

secondary

#CB8A92

accent

#495DDE

background

#F8FDFC

surface

#F0FAF8

border

#CBD3D1

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C1AF

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

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