#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
RGBrgb(56, 196, 166)
HSLhsl(167, 56%, 49%)
HSVhsv(167, 71%, 77%)
CMYKcmyk(71.4%, 0%, 15.3%, 23.1%)
CIE-LABlab(71.60, -43.92, 4.43)
CIE-LCHlch(71.60, 44.14, 174.25°)
OKLaboklab(73.95% -0.1247 0.0111)
OKLCHoklch(73.95% 0.125 174.9)
XYZxyz(28.2503, 43.0705, 42.8936)
Luminance0.4307 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

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
##38C4A61.002.189.619.61
#FFFFFF2.181.0021.0021.00
#0000009.6121.001.001.00
##0000009.6121.001.001.00

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

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#38C4A6 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva