#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
RGB	rgb(56, 195, 161)
HSL	hsl(165, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(165, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.3%, 0%, 17.4%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.17, -44.75, 6.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.17, 45.22, 171.70°)
OKLab	oklab(73.55% -0.126 0.0166)
OKLCH	oklch(73.55% 0.127 172.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.5757, 42.4410, 40.4499)
Luminance	0.4244 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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
##38C3A1	1.00	2.21	9.49	9.49
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

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

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