#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
RGBrgb(56, 195, 168)
HSLhsl(168, 55%, 49%)
HSVhsv(168, 71%, 76%)
CMYKcmyk(71.3%, 0%, 13.8%, 23.5%)
CIE-LABlab(71.35, -42.97, 2.97)
CIE-LCHlch(71.35, 43.08, 176.05°)
OKLaboklab(73.75% -0.1227 0.0072)
OKLCHoklch(73.75% 0.123 176.6)
XYZxyz(28.2103, 42.6948, 43.7924)
Luminance0.4270 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

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
##38C3A81.002.209.549.54
#FFFFFF2.201.0021.0021.00
#0000009.5421.001.001.00
##0000009.5421.001.001.00

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

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#38C3A8 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva