#38C3AA#38C3AA

#38C3AA is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.428; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.122 H 177.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C3AA
RGB	rgb(56, 195, 170)
HSL	hsl(169, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(169, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.3%, 0%, 12.8%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.40, -42.46, 1.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.40, 42.50, 177.37°)
OKLab	oklab(73.81% -0.1218 0.0045)
OKLCH	oklch(73.81% 0.122 177.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.3981, 42.7699, 44.7812)
Luminance	0.4277 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C3AA #C33851

analogous

#38C365 #38C3AA #3896C3

triadic

#38C3AA #AA38C3 #C3AA38

tetradic

#38C3AA #6538C3 #C33851 #96C338

square

#38C3AA #6538C3 #C33851 #96C338

split-complementary

#38C3AA #C33896 #C36538

monochromatic

#1D6457 #2A9381 #38C3AA #65D3BF #95E1D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#38C3AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.55

#38C3AA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C3AA

9.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C3AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C3AA	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)

#BBB7A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8A9AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C6BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c3aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 195, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.122 177.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82d6c3',
    500: '#38c3aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c3aa;
$custom-light: #82d6c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c3aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.209,
    "s": 55.378,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73811,
    "c": 0.12188,
    "h": 177.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.42773
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C3AA

secondary

#CC8B97

accent

#4964DF

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FAF7

border

#CBD3D0

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C3AA

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

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