#38C3A4#38C3A4

#38C3A4 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.426; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.125 H 174.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C3A4
RGB	rgb(56, 195, 164)
HSL	hsl(167, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(167, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.3%, 0%, 15.9%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.25, -43.99, 5.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.25, 44.28, 173.52°)
OKLab	oklab(73.64% -0.1246 0.0126)
OKLCH	oklch(73.64% 0.125 174.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.8434, 42.5481, 41.8599)
Luminance	0.4255 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C3A4 #C33857

analogous

#38C35F #38C3A4 #389DC3

triadic

#38C3A4 #A438C3 #C3A438

tetradic

#38C3A4 #5F38C3 #C33857 #9DC338

square

#38C3A4 #5F38C3 #C33857 #9DC338

split-complementary

#38C3A4 #C3389D #C35F38

monochromatic

#1D6454 #2A937C #38C3A4 #65D3BA #95E1D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#38C3A4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.51

#38C3A4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C3A4

9.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C3A4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C3A4	1.00	2.21	9.51	9.51
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCB6A3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAA9A6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c3a4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 195, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.125 174.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82d6bf',
    500: '#38c3a4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c3a4;
$custom-light: #82d6bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c3a4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.619,
    "s": 55.378,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73637,
    "c": 0.12521,
    "h": 174.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.42551
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C3A4

secondary

#CC8B99

accent

#496ADF

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FAF6

border

#CBD3D0

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C3A4

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

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