#38C2A8#38C2A8

#38C2A8 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.423; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.122 H 177.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C2A8
RGB	rgb(56, 194, 168)
HSL	hsl(169, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(169, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.1%, 0%, 13.4%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.04, -42.54, 2.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.04, 42.61, 176.60°)
OKLab	oklab(73.5% -0.1217 0.006)
OKLCH	oklch(73.5% 0.122 177.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.9870, 42.2482, 43.7179)
Luminance	0.4225 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C2A8 #C23852

analogous

#38C263 #38C2A8 #3897C2

triadic

#38C2A8 #A838C2 #C2A838

tetradic

#38C2A8 #6338C2 #C23852 #97C238

square

#38C2A8 #6338C2 #C23852 #97C238

split-complementary

#38C2A8 #C23897 #C26338

monochromatic

#1D6356 #2A937F #38C2A8 #65D2BE #94E0D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#38C2A8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.45

#38C2A8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C2A8

9.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C2A8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C2A8	1.00	2.22	9.45	9.45
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAB6A7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8A8AA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c2a8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 194, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.122 177.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82d5c1',
    500: '#38c2a8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c2a8;
$custom-light: #82d5c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c2a8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.696,
    "s": 55.2,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73503,
    "c": 0.12187,
    "h": 177.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.42251
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C2A8

secondary

#CB8A97

accent

#4965DF

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FAF7

border

#CBD3D0

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C2A8

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

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