#38C2A6#38C2A6

#38C2A6 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.422; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.123 H 175.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C2A6
RGB	rgb(56, 194, 166)
HSL	hsl(168, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(168, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.1%, 0%, 14.4%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.99, -43.05, 3.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.99, 43.20, 175.30°)
OKLab	oklab(73.45% -0.1226 0.0087)
OKLCH	oklch(73.45% 0.123 175.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.8022, 42.1743, 42.7442)
Luminance	0.4218 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C2A6 #C23854

analogous

#38C261 #38C2A6 #3899C2

triadic

#38C2A6 #A638C2 #C2A638

tetradic

#38C2A6 #6138C2 #C23854 #99C238

square

#38C2A6 #6138C2 #C23854 #99C238

split-complementary

#38C2A6 #C23899 #C26138

monochromatic

#1D6355 #2A937D #38C2A6 #65D2BC #94E0D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#38C2A6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.44

#38C2A6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C2A6

9.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C2A6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C2A6	1.00	2.23	9.44	9.44
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBB6A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8A8A8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c2a6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 194, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.123 175.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82d5c0',
    500: '#38c2a6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c2a6;
$custom-light: #82d5c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c2a6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 167.826,
    "s": 55.2,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73445,
    "c": 0.12296,
    "h": 175.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.42177
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C2A6

secondary

#CB8A98

accent

#4968DF

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FAF7

border

#CBD3D0

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C2A6

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

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