#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
RGBrgb(56, 196, 164)
HSLhsl(166, 56%, 49%)
HSVhsv(166, 71%, 77%)
CMYKcmyk(71.4%, 0%, 16.3%, 23.1%)
CIE-LABlab(71.55, -44.42, 5.44)
CIE-LCHlch(71.55, 44.75, 173.02°)
OKLaboklab(73.89% -0.1256 0.0137)
OKLCHoklch(73.89% 0.126 173.8)
XYZxyz(28.0682, 42.9977, 41.9349)
Luminance0.4300 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

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
##38C4A41.002.199.609.60
#FFFFFF2.191.0021.0021.00
#0000009.6021.001.001.00
##0000009.6021.001.001.00

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

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#38C4A4 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva