#38C2A3#38C2A3

#38C2A3 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.421; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.125 H 174.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C2A3
RGB	rgb(56, 194, 163)
HSL	hsl(167, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(167, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.1%, 0%, 16%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.92, -43.82, 5.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.92, 44.11, 173.40°)
OKLab	oklab(73.36% -0.124 0.0127)
OKLCH	oklch(73.36% 0.125 174.1)
XYZ	xyz(27.5302, 42.0655, 41.3118)
Luminance	0.4207 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C2A3 #C23857

analogous

#38C25E #38C2A3 #389CC2

triadic

#38C2A3 #A338C2 #C2A338

tetradic

#38C2A3 #5E38C2 #C23857 #9CC238

square

#38C2A3 #5E38C2 #C23857 #9CC238

split-complementary

#38C2A3 #C2389C #C25E38

monochromatic

#1D6353 #2A937B #38C2A3 #65D2BA #94E0CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#38C2A3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.41

#38C2A3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C2A3

9.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C2A3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C2A3	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)

#BBB6A2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9A8A5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c2a3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 194, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.125 174.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82d5be',
    500: '#38c2a3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c2a3;
$custom-light: #82d5be;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c2a3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.522,
    "s": 55.2,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73359,
    "c": 0.12469,
    "h": 174.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.42069
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C2A3

secondary

#CB8A99

accent

#496BDF

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FAF6

border

#CBD3D0

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C2A3

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

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