#38C5AB#38C5AB

#38C5AB is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.437; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.123 H 177.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C5AB
RGB	rgb(56, 197, 171)
HSL	hsl(169, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(169, 72%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.6%, 0%, 13.2%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.03, -43.07, 2.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.03, 43.13, 176.90°)
OKLab	oklab(74.34% -0.1233 0.0055)
OKLCH	oklch(74.34% 0.123 177.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.9442, 43.7101, 45.4316)
Luminance	0.4371 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C5AB #C53852

analogous

#38C565 #38C5AB #3899C5

triadic

#38C5AB #AB38C5 #C5AB38

tetradic

#38C5AB #6538C5 #C53852 #99C538

square

#38C5AB #6538C5 #C53852 #99C538

split-complementary

#38C5AB #C53899 #C56538

monochromatic

#1D6658 #2A9582 #38C5AB #67D4C0 #96E1D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#38C5AB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.74

#38C5AB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C5AB

9.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C5AB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C5AB	1.00	2.16	9.74	9.74
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDB9AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAABAD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C8BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c5ab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 197, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.123 177.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83d7c4',
    500: '#38c5ab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c5ab;
$custom-light: #83d7c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c5ab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.936,
    "s": 55.731,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74339,
    "c": 0.12346,
    "h": 177.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.43714
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C5AB

secondary

#CD8C98

accent

#4964DF

background

#F8FDFC

surface

#F0FAF8

border

#CBD3D1

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C5AB

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

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