#38C5AA#38C5AA

#38C5AA is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.437; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.124 H 176.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#38C5AA
RGBrgb(56, 197, 170)
HSLhsl(169, 56%, 50%)
HSVhsv(169, 72%, 77%)
CMYKcmyk(71.6%, 0%, 13.7%, 22.7%)
CIE-LABlab(72.01, -43.33, 2.84)
CIE-LCHlch(72.01, 43.42, 176.25°)
OKLaboklab(74.31% -0.1238 0.0069)
OKLCHoklch(74.31% 0.124 176.8)
XYZxyz(28.8492, 43.6722, 44.9315)
Luminance0.4368 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#38C5AA #C53853
analogous
#38C564 #38C5AA #3899C5
triadic
#38C5AA #AA38C5 #C5AA38
tetradic
#38C5AA #6438C5 #C53853 #99C538
square
#38C5AA #6438C5 #C53853 #99C538
split-complementary
#38C5AA #C53899 #C56438
monochromatic
#1D6658 #2A9581 #38C5AA #67D4BF #96E1D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16
#38C5AA on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.74
#38C5AA on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C5AA
9.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##38C5AA#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##38C5AA1.002.169.749.74
#FFFFFF2.161.0021.0021.00
#0000009.7421.001.001.00
##0000009.7421.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#BDB9A9
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#AAABAC
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00C8BD
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #38c5aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 197, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.124 176.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83d7c3',
    500: '#38c5aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #38c5aa;
$custom-light: #83d7c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#38c5aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.511,
    "s": 55.731,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7431,
    "c": 0.12399,
    "h": 176.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.43676
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#38C5AA
secondary
#CD8C99
accent
#4966DF
background
#F8FDFB
surface
#F0FAF7
border
#CBD3D0
text
#0C1412
muted
#7D8381

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#38C5AA Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva