#38C5A7#38C5A7

#38C5A7 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.436; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.126 H 175.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C5A7
RGB	rgb(56, 197, 167)
HSL	hsl(167, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(167, 72%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.6%, 0%, 15.2%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.93, -44.09, 4.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.93, 44.31, 174.35°)
OKLab	oklab(74.22% -0.1252 0.0109)
OKLCH	oklch(74.22% 0.126 175)
XYZ	xyz(28.5687, 43.5599, 43.4540)
Luminance	0.4356 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C5A7 #C53856

analogous

#38C561 #38C5A7 #389DC5

triadic

#38C5A7 #A738C5 #C5A738

tetradic

#38C5A7 #6138C5 #C53856 #9DC538

square

#38C5A7 #6138C5 #C53856 #9DC538

split-complementary

#38C5A7 #C5389D #C56138

monochromatic

#1D6656 #2A957F #38C5A7 #67D4BC #96E1D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#38C5A7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.71

#38C5A7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C5A7

9.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C5A7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C5A7	1.00	2.16	9.71	9.71
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEB8A6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABABA9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C7BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c5a7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 197, 167);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.126 175.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82d7c1',
    500: '#38c5a7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c5a7;
$custom-light: #82d7c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c5a7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 167
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 167.234,
    "s": 55.731,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74223,
    "c": 0.12567,
    "h": 175
  },
  "luminance": 0.43563
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C5A7

secondary

#CD8C9A

accent

#4969DF

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FAF7

border

#CBD3D0

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C5A7

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

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