#38C3A3#38C3A3

#38C3A3 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.425; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.126 H 173.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C3A3
RGB	rgb(56, 195, 163)
HSL	hsl(166, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(166, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.3%, 0%, 16.4%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.22, -44.25, 5.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.22, 44.59, 172.90°)
OKLab	oklab(73.61% -0.125 0.0139)
OKLCH	oklch(73.61% 0.126 173.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.7535, 42.5121, 41.3862)
Luminance	0.4251 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C3A3 #C33858

analogous

#38C35E #38C3A3 #389EC3

triadic

#38C3A3 #A338C3 #C3A338

tetradic

#38C3A3 #5E38C3 #C33858 #9EC338

square

#38C3A3 #5E38C3 #C33858 #9EC338

split-complementary

#38C3A3 #C3389E #C35E38

monochromatic

#1D6454 #2A937B #38C3A3 #65D3BA #95E1CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#38C3A3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.50

#38C3A3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C3A3

9.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C3A3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C3A3	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)

#BCB6A2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAA9A5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c3a3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 195, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.126 173.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82d6be',
    500: '#38c3a3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c3a3;
$custom-light: #82d6be;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c3a3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.187,
    "s": 55.378,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73609,
    "c": 0.12582,
    "h": 173.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.42515
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C3A3

secondary

#CC8B9A

accent

#496CDF

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FAF6

border

#CBD3D0

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C3A3

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

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