#38C3A8#38C3A8

#38C3A8 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.427; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.123 H 176.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C3A8
RGB	rgb(56, 195, 168)
HSL	hsl(168, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(168, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.3%, 0%, 13.8%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.35, -42.97, 2.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.35, 43.08, 176.05°)
OKLab	oklab(73.75% -0.1227 0.0072)
OKLCH	oklch(73.75% 0.123 176.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.2103, 42.6948, 43.7924)
Luminance	0.4270 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C3A8 #C33853

analogous

#38C363 #38C3A8 #3899C3

triadic

#38C3A8 #A838C3 #C3A838

tetradic

#38C3A8 #6338C3 #C33853 #99C338

square

#38C3A8 #6338C3 #C33853 #99C338

split-complementary

#38C3A8 #C33899 #C36338

monochromatic

#1D6456 #2A937F #38C3A8 #65D3BE #95E1D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#38C3A8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.54

#38C3A8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C3A8

9.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C3A8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C3A8	1.00	2.20	9.54	9.54
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCB7A7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9A9AA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C6BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c3a8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 195, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.123 176.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82d6c1',
    500: '#38c3a8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c3a8;
$custom-light: #82d6c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c3a8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.345,
    "s": 55.378,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73752,
    "c": 0.12293,
    "h": 176.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.42698
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C3A8

secondary

#CC8B98

accent

#4966DF

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FAF7

border

#CBD3D0

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C3A8

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

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