#38C4A4#38C4A4

#38C4A4 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.430; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.126 H 173.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C4A4
RGB	rgb(56, 196, 164)
HSL	hsl(166, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(166, 71%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.4%, 0%, 16.3%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.55, -44.42, 5.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.55, 44.75, 173.02°)
OKLab	oklab(73.89% -0.1256 0.0137)
OKLCH	oklch(73.89% 0.126 173.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.0682, 42.9977, 41.9349)
Luminance	0.4300 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C4A4 #C43858

analogous

#38C45E #38C4A4 #389EC4

triadic

#38C4A4 #A438C4 #C4A438

tetradic

#38C4A4 #5E38C4 #C43858 #9EC438

square

#38C4A4 #5E38C4 #C43858 #9EC438

split-complementary

#38C4A4 #C4389E #C45E38

monochromatic

#1D6554 #2A947C #38C4A4 #66D3BA #96E1D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#38C4A4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.60

#38C4A4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C4A4

9.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C4A4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C4A4	1.00	2.19	9.60	9.60
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDB7A3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABAAA6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C6BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c4a4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 196, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.126 173.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82d6bf',
    500: '#38c4a4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c4a4;
$custom-light: #82d6bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c4a4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.286,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73888,
    "c": 0.12634,
    "h": 173.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.43001
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C4A4

secondary

#CC8C9A

accent

#496BDF

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FAF6

border

#CBD3D0

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C4A4

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

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