#38C3A9#38C3A9

#38C3A9 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.427; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.122 H 177.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C3A9
RGB	rgb(56, 195, 169)
HSL	hsl(169, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(169, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.3%, 0%, 13.3%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.37, -42.72, 2.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.37, 42.79, 176.70°)
OKLab	oklab(73.78% -0.1223 0.0059)
OKLCH	oklch(73.78% 0.122 177.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.3039, 42.7322, 44.2849)
Luminance	0.4274 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C3A9 #C33852

analogous

#38C364 #38C3A9 #3898C3

triadic

#38C3A9 #A938C3 #C3A938

tetradic

#38C3A9 #6438C3 #C33852 #98C338

square

#38C3A9 #6438C3 #C33852 #98C338

split-complementary

#38C3A9 #C33898 #C36438

monochromatic

#1D6457 #2A9380 #38C3A9 #65D3BE #95E1D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#38C3A9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.55

#38C3A9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C3A9

9.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C3A9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C3A9	1.00	2.20	9.55	9.55
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBB7A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8A9AB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C6BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c3a9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 195, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.122 177.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82d6c2',
    500: '#38c3a9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c3a9;
$custom-light: #82d6c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c3a9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.777,
    "s": 55.378,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73782,
    "c": 0.1224,
    "h": 177.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.42736
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C3A9

secondary

#CC8B97

accent

#4965DF

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FAF7

border

#CBD3D0

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C3A9

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

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