#38C2A5#38C2A5

#38C2A5 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.421; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.124 H 175.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C2A5
RGB	rgb(56, 194, 165)
HSL	hsl(167, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(167, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.1%, 0%, 14.9%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.97, -43.31, 4.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.97, 43.50, 174.66°)
OKLab	oklab(73.42% -0.1231 0.0101)
OKLCH	oklch(73.42% 0.124 175.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.7108, 42.1377, 42.2630)
Luminance	0.4214 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C2A5 #C23855

analogous

#38C260 #38C2A5 #389AC2

triadic

#38C2A5 #A538C2 #C2A538

tetradic

#38C2A5 #6038C2 #C23855 #9AC238

square

#38C2A5 #6038C2 #C23855 #9AC238

split-complementary

#38C2A5 #C2389A #C26038

monochromatic

#1D6354 #2A937D #38C2A5 #65D2BB #94E0D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#38C2A5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.43

#38C2A5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C2A5

9.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C2A5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C2A5	1.00	2.23	9.43	9.43
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBB6A4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8A8A7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c2a5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 194, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.124 175.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82d5bf',
    500: '#38c2a5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c2a5;
$custom-light: #82d5bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c2a5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 167.391,
    "s": 55.2,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73416,
    "c": 0.12352,
    "h": 175.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.42141
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C2A5

secondary

#CB8A98

accent

#4969DF

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FAF7

border

#CBD3D0

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C2A5

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

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