#38C4AE#38C4AE

#38C4AE is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.434; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.121 H 179.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C4AE
RGB	rgb(56, 196, 174)
HSL	hsl(171, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(171, 71%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.4%, 0%, 11.2%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.81, -41.85, 0.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.81, 41.85, 179.49°)
OKLab	oklab(74.18% -0.121 0.0003)
OKLCH	oklch(74.18% 0.121 179.9)
XYZ	xyz(29.0071, 43.3732, 46.8793)
Luminance	0.4338 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C4AE #C4384E

analogous

#38C468 #38C4AE #3894C4

triadic

#38C4AE #AE38C4 #C4AE38

tetradic

#38C4AE #6838C4 #C4384E #94C438

square

#38C4AE #6838C4 #C4384E #94C438

split-complementary

#38C4AE #C43894 #C46838

monochromatic

#1D6559 #2A9484 #38C4AE #66D3C2 #96E1D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#38C4AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.68

#38C4AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C4AE

9.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C4AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C4AE	1.00	2.17	9.68	9.68
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCB8AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8AAB0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C7BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c4ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 196, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.121 179.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83d6c6',
    500: '#38c4ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c4ae;
$custom-light: #83d6c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c4ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.571,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7418,
    "c": 0.12096,
    "h": 179.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.43377
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C4AE

secondary

#CC8C96

accent

#4960DF

background

#F8FDFC

surface

#F0FAF8

border

#CBD3D1

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C4AE

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

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