#38C2A7#38C2A7

#38C2A7 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.422; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.122 H 176.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C2A7
RGB	rgb(56, 194, 167)
HSL	hsl(168, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(168, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.1%, 0%, 13.9%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.02, -42.80, 3.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.02, 42.90, 175.95°)
OKLab	oklab(73.47% -0.1222 0.0074)
OKLCH	oklch(73.47% 0.122 176.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.8942, 42.2111, 43.2292)
Luminance	0.4221 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C2A7 #C23853

analogous

#38C262 #38C2A7 #3898C2

triadic

#38C2A7 #A738C2 #C2A738

tetradic

#38C2A7 #6238C2 #C23853 #98C238

square

#38C2A7 #6238C2 #C23853 #98C238

split-complementary

#38C2A7 #C23898 #C26238

monochromatic

#1D6355 #2A937E #38C2A7 #65D2BD #94E0D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#38C2A7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.44

#38C2A7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C2A7

9.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C2A7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C2A7	1.00	2.22	9.44	9.44
#FFFFFF	2.22	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)

#BBB6A6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8A8A9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c2a7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 194, 167);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.122 176.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82d5c1',
    500: '#38c2a7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c2a7;
$custom-light: #82d5c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c2a7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 167
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.261,
    "s": 55.2,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73474,
    "c": 0.1224,
    "h": 176.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.42214
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C2A7

secondary

#CB8A97

accent

#4966DF

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FAF7

border

#CBD3D0

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C2A7

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

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