#38C5A0#38C5A0

#38C5A0 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.433; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.130 H 171.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C5A0
RGB	rgb(56, 197, 160)
HSL	hsl(164, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(164, 72%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.6%, 0%, 18.8%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.76, -45.84, 7.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.76, 46.52, 170.21°)
OKLab	oklab(74.03% -0.1285 0.0202)
OKLCH	oklch(74.03% 0.13 171.1)
XYZ	xyz(27.9390, 43.3081, 40.1377)
Luminance	0.4331 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C5A0 #C5385D

analogous

#38C559 #38C5A0 #38A4C5

triadic

#38C5A0 #A038C5 #C5A038

tetradic

#38C5A0 #5938C5 #C5385D #A4C538

square

#38C5A0 #5938C5 #C5385D #A4C538

split-complementary

#38C5A0 #C538A4 #C55938

monochromatic

#1D6653 #2A9579 #38C5A0 #67D4B7 #96E1CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#38C5A0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.66

#38C5A0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C5A0

9.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C5A0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C5A0	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)

#BFB89E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACAAA3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C7BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c5a0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 197, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.130 171.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82d7bc',
    500: '#38c5a0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c5a0;
$custom-light: #82d7bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c5a0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 164.255,
    "s": 55.731,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74028,
    "c": 0.13003,
    "h": 171.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.43311
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C5A0

secondary

#CD8C9D

accent

#4970DF

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FAF6

border

#CBD3D0

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C5A0

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

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