#38C4A8#38C4A8

#38C4A8 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.431; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.124 H 176.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C4A8
RGB	rgb(56, 196, 168)
HSL	hsl(168, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(168, 71%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.4%, 0%, 14.3%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.65, -43.41, 3.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.65, 43.54, 175.51°)
OKLab	oklab(74% -0.1237 0.0084)
OKLCH	oklch(74% 0.124 176.1)
XYZ	xyz(28.4352, 43.1444, 43.8673)
Luminance	0.4315 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C4A8 #C43854

analogous

#38C462 #38C4A8 #389AC4

triadic

#38C4A8 #A838C4 #C4A838

tetradic

#38C4A8 #6238C4 #C43854 #9AC438

square

#38C4A8 #6238C4 #C43854 #9AC438

split-complementary

#38C4A8 #C4389A #C46238

monochromatic

#1D6556 #2A947F #38C4A8 #66D3BD #96E1D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#38C4A8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.63

#38C4A8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C4A8

9.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C4A8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C4A8	1.00	2.18	9.63	9.63
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDB8A7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAAAAA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C7BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c4a8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 196, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.124 176.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82d6c1',
    500: '#38c4a8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c4a8;
$custom-light: #82d6c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c4a8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74002,
    "c": 0.12401,
    "h": 176.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.43148
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C4A8

secondary

#CC8C99

accent

#4967DF

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FAF7

border

#CBD3D0

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C4A8

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

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