#38C4AB#38C4AB

#38C4AB is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.433; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.122 H 178.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C4AB
RGB	rgb(56, 196, 171)
HSL	hsl(169, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(169, 71%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.4%, 0%, 12.8%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.73, -42.63, 1.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.73, 42.67, 177.46°)
OKLab	oklab(74.09% -0.1223 0.0043)
OKLCH	oklch(74.09% 0.122 178)
XYZ	xyz(28.7179, 43.2575, 45.3562)
Luminance	0.4326 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C4AB #C43851

analogous

#38C465 #38C4AB #3897C4

triadic

#38C4AB #AB38C4 #C4AB38

tetradic

#38C4AB #6538C4 #C43851 #97C438

square

#38C4AB #6538C4 #C43851 #97C438

split-complementary

#38C4AB #C43897 #C46538

monochromatic

#1D6558 #2A9481 #38C4AB #66D3C0 #96E1D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#38C4AB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.65

#38C4AB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C4AB

9.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C4AB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C4AB	1.00	2.18	9.65	9.65
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCB8AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9AAAD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C7BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c4ab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 196, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.122 178.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83d6c4',
    500: '#38c4ab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c4ab;
$custom-light: #83d6c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c4ab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.286,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7409,
    "c": 0.12242,
    "h": 178
  },
  "luminance": 0.43261
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C4AB

secondary

#CC8C97

accent

#4964DF

background

#F8FDFC

surface

#F0FAF8

border

#CBD3D1

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C4AB

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

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