#38C3AF#38C3AF

#38C3AF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.430; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.120 H 181.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C3AF
RGB	rgb(56, 195, 175)
HSL	hsl(171, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(171, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.3%, 0%, 10.3%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.53, -41.14, -0.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.53, 41.14, 180.81°)
OKLab	oklab(73.96% -0.1195 -0.0022)
OKLCH	oklch(73.96% 0.12 181.1)
XYZ	xyz(28.8801, 42.9627, 47.3197)
Luminance	0.4297 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C3AF #C3384C

analogous

#38C36A #38C3AF #3892C3

triadic

#38C3AF #AF38C3 #C3AF38

tetradic

#38C3AF #6A38C3 #C3384C #92C338

square

#38C3AF #6A38C3 #C3384C #92C338

split-complementary

#38C3AF #C33892 #C36A38

monochromatic

#1D645A #2A9384 #38C3AF #65D3C3 #95E1D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#38C3AF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.59

#38C3AF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C3AF

9.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C3AF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C3AF	1.00	2.19	9.59	9.59
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAB7AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7A9B1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C7BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c3af;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 195, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.120 181.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83d6c6',
    500: '#38c3af',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c3af;
$custom-light: #83d6c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c3af",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.367,
    "s": 55.378,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73962,
    "c": 0.11952,
    "h": 181.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.42966
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C3AF

secondary

#CC8B94

accent

#495FDF

background

#F8FDFC

surface

#F0FAF8

border

#CBD3D1

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C3AF

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

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