#38C3AD#38C3AD

#38C3AD is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.429; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.120 H 179.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C3AD
RGB	rgb(56, 195, 173)
HSL	hsl(171, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(171, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.3%, 0%, 11.3%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.48, -41.67, 0.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.48, 41.67, 179.40°)
OKLab	oklab(73.9% -0.1204 0.0005)
OKLCH	oklch(73.9% 0.12 179.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.6851, 42.8847, 46.2928)
Luminance	0.4289 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C3AD #C3384E

analogous

#38C368 #38C3AD #3893C3

triadic

#38C3AD #AD38C3 #C3AD38

tetradic

#38C3AD #6838C3 #C3384E #93C338

square

#38C3AD #6838C3 #C3384E #93C338

split-complementary

#38C3AD #C33893 #C36838

monochromatic

#1D6459 #2A9383 #38C3AD #65D3C2 #95E1D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#38C3AD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.58

#38C3AD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C3AD

9.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C3AD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C3AD	1.00	2.19	9.58	9.58
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBB7AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7A9AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C6BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c3ad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 195, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.120 179.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82d6c5',
    500: '#38c3ad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c3ad;
$custom-light: #82d6c5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c3ad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.504,
    "s": 55.378,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73901,
    "c": 0.12042,
    "h": 179.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.42888
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C3AD

secondary

#CC8B95

accent

#4961DF

background

#F8FDFC

surface

#F0FAF8

border

#CBD3D1

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C3AD

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

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