#38C4AC#38C4AC

#38C4AC is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.433; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.122 H 178.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C4AC
RGB	rgb(56, 196, 172)
HSL	hsl(170, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(170, 71%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.4%, 0%, 12.2%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.76, -42.37, 1.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.76, 42.39, 178.13°)
OKLab	oklab(74.12% -0.1219 0.003)
OKLCH	oklch(74.12% 0.122 178.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.8135, 43.2958, 45.8601)
Luminance	0.4330 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C4AC #C43850

analogous

#38C466 #38C4AC #3896C4

triadic

#38C4AC #AC38C4 #C4AC38

tetradic

#38C4AC #6638C4 #C43850 #96C438

square

#38C4AC #6638C4 #C43850 #96C438

split-complementary

#38C4AC #C43896 #C46638

monochromatic

#1D6558 #2A9482 #38C4AC #66D3C1 #96E1D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#38C4AC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.66

#38C4AC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C4AC

9.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C4AC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C4AC	1.00	2.17	9.66	9.66
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCB8AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9AAAE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C7BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c4ac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 196, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.122 178.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83d6c4',
    500: '#38c4ac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c4ac;
$custom-light: #83d6c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c4ac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.714,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7412,
    "c": 0.12192,
    "h": 178.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.43299
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C4AC

secondary

#CC8C97

accent

#4963DF

background

#F8FDFC

surface

#F0FAF8

border

#CBD3D1

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C4AC

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

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