#38C3A7#38C3A7

#38C3A7 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.427; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.123 H 176.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C3A7
RGB	rgb(56, 195, 167)
HSL	hsl(168, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(168, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.3%, 0%, 14.4%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.32, -43.23, 3.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.32, 43.37, 175.40°)
OKLab	oklab(73.72% -0.1232 0.0086)
OKLCH	oklch(73.72% 0.123 176)
XYZ	xyz(28.1175, 42.6577, 43.3036)
Luminance	0.4266 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C3A7 #C33854

analogous

#38C362 #38C3A7 #3899C3

triadic

#38C3A7 #A738C3 #C3A738

tetradic

#38C3A7 #6238C3 #C33854 #99C338

square

#38C3A7 #6238C3 #C33854 #99C338

split-complementary

#38C3A7 #C33899 #C36238

monochromatic

#1D6456 #2A937E #38C3A7 #65D3BD #95E1D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#38C3A7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.53

#38C3A7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C3A7

9.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C3A7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C3A7	1.00	2.20	9.53	9.53
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCB7A6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9A9A9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C6BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c3a7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 195, 167);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.123 176.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82d6c1',
    500: '#38c3a7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c3a7;
$custom-light: #82d6c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c3a7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 167
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 167.914,
    "s": 55.378,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73723,
    "c": 0.12349,
    "h": 176
  },
  "luminance": 0.42661
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C3A7

secondary

#CC8B98

accent

#4967DF

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FAF7

border

#CBD3D0

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C3A7

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

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