#38C4A2#38C4A2

#38C4A2 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.429; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.128 H 172.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C4A2
RGB	rgb(56, 196, 162)
HSL	hsl(165, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(165, 71%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.4%, 0%, 17.3%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.50, -44.92, 6.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.50, 45.38, 171.82°)
OKLab	oklab(73.83% -0.1265 0.0164)
OKLCH	oklch(73.83% 0.128 172.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.8890, 42.9260, 40.9911)
Luminance	0.4293 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C4A2 #C4385A

analogous

#38C45C #38C4A2 #38A0C4

triadic

#38C4A2 #A238C4 #C4A238

tetradic

#38C4A2 #5C38C4 #C4385A #A0C438

square

#38C4A2 #5C38C4 #C4385A #A0C438

split-complementary

#38C4A2 #C438A0 #C45C38

monochromatic

#1D6553 #2A947B #38C4A2 #66D3B9 #96E1CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#38C4A2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.59

#38C4A2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C4A2

9.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C4A2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C4A2	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)

#BEB7A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABAAA4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C6BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c4a2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 196, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.128 172.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82d7bd',
    500: '#38c4a2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c4a2;
$custom-light: #82d7bd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c4a2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165.429,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73832,
    "c": 0.12757,
    "h": 172.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.42929
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C4A2

secondary

#CC8C9B

accent

#496DDF

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FAF6

border

#CBD3D0

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C4A2

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

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