#38C2AB#38C2AB

#38C2AB is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.424; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.120 H 179.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C2AB
RGB	rgb(56, 194, 171)
HSL	hsl(170, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(170, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.1%, 0%, 11.9%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.12, -41.76, 1.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.12, 41.77, 178.62°)
OKLab	oklab(73.59% -0.1203 0.002)
OKLCH	oklch(73.59% 0.12 179.1)
XYZ	xyz(28.2697, 42.3613, 45.2068)
Luminance	0.4237 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C2AB #C2384F

analogous

#38C266 #38C2AB #3894C2

triadic

#38C2AB #AB38C2 #C2AB38

tetradic

#38C2AB #6638C2 #C2384F #94C238

square

#38C2AB #6638C2 #C2384F #94C238

split-complementary

#38C2AB #C23894 #C26638

monochromatic

#1D6357 #2A9381 #38C2AB #65D2C0 #94E0D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#38C2AB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.47

#38C2AB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C2AB

9.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C2AB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C2AB	1.00	2.22	9.47	9.47
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAB6AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7A8AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c2ab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 194, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.120 179.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82d5c4',
    500: '#38c2ab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c2ab;
$custom-light: #82d5c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c2ab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170,
    "s": 55.2,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73592,
    "c": 0.12035,
    "h": 179.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.42365
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C2AB

secondary

#CB8A95

accent

#4962DF

background

#F8FDFC

surface

#F0FAF8

border

#CBD3D1

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C2AB

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

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