#38C2A2#38C2A2

#38C2A2 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.420; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.125 H 173.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C2A2
RGB	rgb(56, 194, 162)
HSL	hsl(166, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(166, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.1%, 0%, 16.5%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.89, -44.07, 5.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.89, 44.42, 172.79°)
OKLab	oklab(73.33% -0.1245 0.0141)
OKLCH	oklch(73.33% 0.125 173.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.4409, 42.0298, 40.8418)
Luminance	0.4203 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C2A2 #C23858

analogous

#38C25D #38C2A2 #389DC2

triadic

#38C2A2 #A238C2 #C2A238

tetradic

#38C2A2 #5D38C2 #C23858 #9DC238

square

#38C2A2 #5D38C2 #C23858 #9DC238

split-complementary

#38C2A2 #C2389D #C25D38

monochromatic

#1D6353 #2A937A #38C2A2 #65D2B9 #94E0CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#38C2A2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.41

#38C2A2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C2A2

9.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C2A2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C2A2	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)

#BBB5A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9A8A4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c2a2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 194, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.125 173.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82d5bd',
    500: '#38c2a2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c2a2;
$custom-light: #82d5bd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c2a2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.087,
    "s": 55.2,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7333,
    "c": 0.1253,
    "h": 173.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.42033
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C2A2

secondary

#CB8A99

accent

#496CDF

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FAF6

border

#CBD3D0

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C2A2

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

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