#38C5A2#38C5A2

#38C5A2 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.434; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.129 H 172.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C5A2
RGB	rgb(56, 197, 162)
HSL	hsl(165, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(165, 72%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.6%, 0%, 17.8%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.81, -45.35, 6.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.81, 45.87, 171.35°)
OKLab	oklab(74.08% -0.1275 0.0175)
OKLCH	oklch(74.08% 0.129 172.2)
XYZ	xyz(28.1154, 43.3786, 41.0666)
Luminance	0.4338 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C5A2 #C5385B

analogous

#38C55B #38C5A2 #38A2C5

triadic

#38C5A2 #A238C5 #C5A238

tetradic

#38C5A2 #5B38C5 #C5385B #A2C538

square

#38C5A2 #5B38C5 #C5385B #A2C538

split-complementary

#38C5A2 #C538A2 #C55B38

monochromatic

#1D6654 #2A957B #38C5A2 #67D4B9 #96E1CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#38C5A2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.68

#38C5A2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C5A2

9.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C5A2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C5A2	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)

#BFB8A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACAAA4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C7BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c5a2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 197, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.129 172.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82d7bd',
    500: '#38c5a2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c5a2;
$custom-light: #82d7bd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c5a2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165.106,
    "s": 55.731,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74083,
    "c": 0.12873,
    "h": 172.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.43382
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C5A2

secondary

#CD8C9C

accent

#496EDF

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FAF6

border

#CBD3D0

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C5A2

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

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