#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
RGB	rgb(56, 197, 168)
HSL	hsl(168, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(168, 72%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.6%, 0%, 14.7%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.96, -43.84, 3.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.96, 44.01, 174.98°)
OKLab	oklab(74.25% -0.1247 0.0095)
OKLCH	oklch(74.25% 0.125 175.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.6615, 43.5971, 43.9427)
Luminance	0.4360 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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
##38C5A8	1.00	2.16	9.72	9.72
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #38C5A8

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

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