#38C3A1#38C3A1

#38C3A1 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.424; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.127 H 172.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#38C3A1
RGBrgb(56, 195, 161)
HSLhsl(165, 55%, 49%)
HSVhsv(165, 71%, 76%)
CMYKcmyk(71.3%, 0%, 17.4%, 23.5%)
CIE-LABlab(71.17, -44.75, 6.53)
CIE-LCHlch(71.17, 45.22, 171.70°)
OKLaboklab(73.55% -0.126 0.0166)
OKLCHoklch(73.55% 0.127 172.5)
XYZxyz(27.5757, 42.4410, 40.4499)
Luminance0.4244 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#38C3A1 #C3385A
analogous
#38C35C #38C3A1 #38A0C3
triadic
#38C3A1 #A138C3 #C3A138
tetradic
#38C3A1 #5C38C3 #C3385A #A0C338
square
#38C3A1 #5C38C3 #C3385A #A0C338
split-complementary
#38C3A1 #C338A0 #C35C38
monochromatic
#1D6452 #2A937A #38C3A1 #65D3B8 #95E1CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21
#38C3A1 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.49
#38C3A1 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C3A1
9.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##38C3A1#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##38C3A11.002.219.499.49
#FFFFFF2.211.0021.0021.00
#0000009.4921.001.001.00
##0000009.4921.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#BDB69F
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#AAA9A3
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00C5B9
Achromatopsia (no color)
#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #38c3a1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 195, 161);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.127 172.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82d6bc',
    500: '#38c3a1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #38c3a1;
$custom-light: #82d6bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#38c3a1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 161
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165.324,
    "s": 55.378,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73553,
    "c": 0.12706,
    "h": 172.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.42444
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#38C3A1
secondary
#CC8B9B
accent
#496EDF
background
#F8FDFB
surface
#F0FAF6
border
#CBD3D0
text
#0C1412
muted
#7D8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C3A1

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#38C3A1 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva