#38C4AF#38C4AF

#38C4AF is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.434; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.120 H 180.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C4AF
RGB	rgb(56, 196, 175)
HSL	hsl(171, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(171, 71%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.4%, 0%, 10.7%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.83, -41.58, -0.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.83, 41.58, 180.19°)
OKLab	oklab(74.21% -0.1205 -0.001)
OKLCH	oklch(74.21% 0.121 180.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.1049, 43.4123, 47.3946)
Luminance	0.4342 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C4AF #C4384D

analogous

#38C469 #38C4AF #3893C4

triadic

#38C4AF #AF38C4 #C4AF38

tetradic

#38C4AF #6938C4 #C4384D #93C438

square

#38C4AF #6938C4 #C4384D #93C438

split-complementary

#38C4AF #C43893 #C46938

monochromatic

#1D655A #2A9485 #38C4AF #66D3C3 #96E1D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#38C4AF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.68

#38C4AF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C4AF

9.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C4AF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C4AF	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)

#BBB8AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8AAB1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C7BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c4af;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 196, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.120 180.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83d6c6',
    500: '#38c4af',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c4af;
$custom-light: #83d6c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c4af",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7421,
    "c": 0.1205,
    "h": 180.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.43416
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C4AF

secondary

#CC8C95

accent

#495FDF

background

#F8FDFC

surface

#F0FAF8

border

#CBD3D1

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C4AF

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

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