#38C2A4#38C2A4

#38C2A4 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.421; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.124 H 174.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C2A4
RGB	rgb(56, 194, 164)
HSL	hsl(167, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(167, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.1%, 0%, 15.5%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.94, -43.56, 4.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.94, 43.80, 174.03°)
OKLab	oklab(73.39% -0.1236 0.0114)
OKLCH	oklch(73.39% 0.124 174.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.6201, 42.1014, 41.7855)
Luminance	0.4210 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C2A4 #C23856

analogous

#38C25F #38C2A4 #389BC2

triadic

#38C2A4 #A438C2 #C2A438

tetradic

#38C2A4 #5F38C2 #C23856 #9BC238

square

#38C2A4 #5F38C2 #C23856 #9BC238

split-complementary

#38C2A4 #C2389B #C25F38

monochromatic

#1D6354 #2A937C #38C2A4 #65D2BB #94E0D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#38C2A4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.42

#38C2A4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C2A4

9.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C2A4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C2A4	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)

#BBB6A3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9A8A6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c2a4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 194, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.124 174.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82d5be',
    500: '#38c2a4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c2a4;
$custom-light: #82d5be;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c2a4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.957,
    "s": 55.2,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73387,
    "c": 0.1241,
    "h": 174.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.42105
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C2A4

secondary

#CB8A99

accent

#496ADF

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FAF6

border

#CBD3D0

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C2A4

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

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