#38C4A6#38C4A6

#38C4A6 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.431; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.125 H 174.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C4A6
RGB	rgb(56, 196, 166)
HSL	hsl(167, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(167, 71%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.4%, 0%, 15.3%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.60, -43.92, 4.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.60, 44.14, 174.25°)
OKLab	oklab(73.95% -0.1247 0.0111)
OKLCH	oklch(73.95% 0.125 174.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.2503, 43.0705, 42.8936)
Luminance	0.4307 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C4A6 #C43856

analogous

#38C460 #38C4A6 #389CC4

triadic

#38C4A6 #A638C4 #C4A638

tetradic

#38C4A6 #6038C4 #C43856 #9CC438

square

#38C4A6 #6038C4 #C43856 #9CC438

split-complementary

#38C4A6 #C4389C #C46038

monochromatic

#1D6555 #2A947E #38C4A6 #66D3BC #96E1D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#38C4A6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.61

#38C4A6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C4A6

9.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C4A6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C4A6	1.00	2.18	9.61	9.61
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDB7A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAAAA8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C6BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c4a6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 196, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.125 174.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82d6c0',
    500: '#38c4a6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c4a6;
$custom-light: #82d6c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c4a6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 167.143,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73945,
    "c": 0.12515,
    "h": 174.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.43074
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C4A6

secondary

#CC8C99

accent

#4969DF

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FAF7

border

#CBD3D0

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C4A6

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

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