#38C3A0#38C3A0

#38C3A0 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.424; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.128 H 172.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C3A0
RGB	rgb(56, 195, 160)
HSL	hsl(165, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(165, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.3%, 0%, 17.9%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.15, -44.99, 7.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.15, 45.54, 171.12°)
OKLab	oklab(73.53% -0.1264 0.0179)
OKLCH	oklch(73.53% 0.128 172)
XYZ	xyz(27.4879, 42.4058, 39.9873)
Luminance	0.4241 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C3A0 #C3385B

analogous

#38C35B #38C3A0 #38A1C3

triadic

#38C3A0 #A038C3 #C3A038

tetradic

#38C3A0 #5B38C3 #C3385B #A1C338

square

#38C3A0 #5B38C3 #C3385B #A1C338

split-complementary

#38C3A0 #C338A1 #C35B38

monochromatic

#1D6452 #2A9379 #38C3A0 #65D3B7 #95E1CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#38C3A0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.48

#38C3A0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C3A0

9.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C3A0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C3A0	1.00	2.21	9.48	9.48
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDB69E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAA9A2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c3a0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 195, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.128 172.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82d6bc',
    500: '#38c3a0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c3a0;
$custom-light: #82d6bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c3a0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 164.892,
    "s": 55.378,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73526,
    "c": 0.12771,
    "h": 172
  },
  "luminance": 0.42409
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C3A0

secondary

#CC8B9B

accent

#496FDF

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FAF6

border

#CBD3D0

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C3A0

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

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