#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
RGBrgb(56, 197, 160)
HSLhsl(164, 56%, 50%)
HSVhsv(164, 72%, 77%)
CMYKcmyk(71.6%, 0%, 18.8%, 22.7%)
CIE-LABlab(71.76, -45.84, 7.91)
CIE-LCHlch(71.76, 46.52, 170.21°)
OKLaboklab(74.03% -0.1285 0.0202)
OKLCHoklch(74.03% 0.13 171.1)
XYZxyz(27.9390, 43.3081, 40.1377)
Luminance0.4331 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familyteal

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
##38C5A01.002.179.669.66
#FFFFFF2.171.0021.0021.00
#0000009.6621.001.001.00
##0000009.6621.001.001.00

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

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#38C5A0 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva