#38C5A8#38C5A8

#38C5A8 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.436; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.125 H 175.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#38C5A8
RGBrgb(56, 197, 168)
HSLhsl(168, 56%, 50%)
HSVhsv(168, 72%, 77%)
CMYKcmyk(71.6%, 0%, 14.7%, 22.7%)
CIE-LABlab(71.96, -43.84, 3.85)
CIE-LCHlch(71.96, 44.01, 174.98°)
OKLaboklab(74.25% -0.1247 0.0095)
OKLCHoklch(74.25% 0.125 175.6)
XYZxyz(28.6615, 43.5971, 43.9427)
Luminance0.4360 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#38C5A8 #C53855
analogous
#38C562 #38C5A8 #389BC5
triadic
#38C5A8 #A838C5 #C5A838
tetradic
#38C5A8 #6238C5 #C53855 #9BC538
square
#38C5A8 #6238C5 #C53855 #9BC538
split-complementary
#38C5A8 #C5389B #C56238
monochromatic
#1D6657 #2A957F #38C5A8 #67D4BD #96E1D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16
#38C5A8 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.72
#38C5A8 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C5A8
9.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##38C5A8#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##38C5A81.002.169.729.72
#FFFFFF2.161.0021.0021.00
#0000009.7221.001.001.00
##0000009.7221.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#BEB9A7
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#ABABAA
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00C8BC
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #38c5a8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 197, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.125 175.6);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83d7c1',
    500: '#38c5a8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #38c5a8;
$custom-light: #83d7c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#38c5a8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 167.66,
    "s": 55.731,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74252,
    "c": 0.12509,
    "h": 175.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.436
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#38C5A8
secondary
#CD8C99
accent
#4968DF
background
#F8FDFB
surface
#F0FAF7
border
#CBD3D0
text
#0C1412
muted
#7D8381

Preview Lab

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#38C5A8 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva