#38C3A2#38C3A2

#38C3A2 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.425; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.126 H 173.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C3A2
RGB	rgb(56, 195, 162)
HSL	hsl(166, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(166, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.3%, 0%, 16.9%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.20, -44.50, 6.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.20, 44.90, 172.30°)
OKLab	oklab(73.58% -0.1255 0.0152)
OKLCH	oklch(73.58% 0.126 173.1)
XYZ	xyz(27.6642, 42.4764, 40.9162)
Luminance	0.4248 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C3A2 #C33859

analogous

#38C35C #38C3A2 #389FC3

triadic

#38C3A2 #A238C3 #C3A238

tetradic

#38C3A2 #5C38C3 #C33859 #9FC338

square

#38C3A2 #5C38C3 #C33859 #9FC338

split-complementary

#38C3A2 #C3389F #C35C38

monochromatic

#1D6453 #2A937B #38C3A2 #65D3B9 #95E1CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#38C3A2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.50

#38C3A2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C3A2

9.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C3A2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C3A2	1.00	2.21	9.50	9.50
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDB6A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAA9A4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c3a2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 195, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.126 173.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82d6bd',
    500: '#38c3a2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c3a2;
$custom-light: #82d6bd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c3a2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165.755,
    "s": 55.378,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73581,
    "c": 0.12644,
    "h": 173.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.4248
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C3A2

secondary

#CC8B9A

accent

#496DDF

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FAF6

border

#CBD3D0

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C3A2

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

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