#38C3AB#38C3AB

#38C3AB is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.428; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.121 H 178.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C3AB
RGB	rgb(56, 195, 171)
HSL	hsl(170, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(170, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.3%, 0%, 12.3%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.42, -42.20, 1.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.42, 42.22, 178.04°)
OKLab	oklab(73.84% -0.1213 0.0032)
OKLCH	oklch(73.84% 0.121 178.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.4931, 42.8079, 45.2813)
Luminance	0.4281 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C3AB #C33850

analogous

#38C366 #38C3AB #3896C3

triadic

#38C3AB #AB38C3 #C3AB38

tetradic

#38C3AB #6638C3 #C33850 #96C338

square

#38C3AB #6638C3 #C33850 #96C338

split-complementary

#38C3AB #C33896 #C36638

monochromatic

#1D6458 #2A9381 #38C3AB #65D3C0 #95E1D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#38C3AB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.56

#38C3AB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C3AB

9.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C3AB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C3AB	1.00	2.20	9.56	9.56
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBB7AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8A9AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C6BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c3ab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 195, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.121 178.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82d6c4',
    500: '#38c3ab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c3ab;
$custom-light: #82d6c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c3ab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.64,
    "s": 55.378,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73841,
    "c": 0.12138,
    "h": 178.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.42811
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C3AB

secondary

#CC8B96

accent

#4963DF

background

#F8FDFC

surface

#F0FAF8

border

#CBD3D1

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C3AB

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

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