#38C3AC#38C3AC

#38C3AC is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.428; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.121 H 179.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C3AC
RGB	rgb(56, 195, 172)
HSL	hsl(170, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(170, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.3%, 0%, 11.8%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.45, -41.93, 0.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.45, 41.94, 178.72°)
OKLab	oklab(73.87% -0.1209 0.0018)
OKLCH	oklch(73.87% 0.121 179.1)
XYZ	xyz(28.5887, 42.8462, 45.7852)
Luminance	0.4285 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C3AC #C3384F

analogous

#38C367 #38C3AC #3895C3

triadic

#38C3AC #AC38C3 #C3AC38

tetradic

#38C3AC #6738C3 #C3384F #95C338

square

#38C3AC #6738C3 #C3384F #95C338

split-complementary

#38C3AC #C33895 #C36738

monochromatic

#1D6458 #2A9382 #38C3AC #65D3C1 #95E1D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#38C3AC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.57

#38C3AC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C3AC

9.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C3AC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C3AC	1.00	2.19	9.57	9.57
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBB7AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8A9AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C6BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c3ac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 195, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.121 179.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82d6c4',
    500: '#38c3ac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c3ac;
$custom-light: #82d6c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c3ac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.072,
    "s": 55.378,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73871,
    "c": 0.12089,
    "h": 179.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.4285
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C3AC

secondary

#CC8B96

accent

#4962DF

background

#F8FDFC

surface

#F0FAF8

border

#CBD3D1

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C3AC

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

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