#38C5AC#38C5AC

#38C5AC is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.438; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.123 H 178.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C5AC
RGB	rgb(56, 197, 172)
HSL	hsl(169, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(169, 72%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.6%, 0%, 12.7%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.06, -42.81, 1.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.06, 42.85, 177.56°)
OKLab	oklab(74.37% -0.1229 0.0042)
OKLCH	oklch(74.37% 0.123 178.1)
XYZ	xyz(29.0398, 43.7484, 45.9355)
Luminance	0.4375 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C5AC #C53851

analogous

#38C566 #38C5AC #3897C5

triadic

#38C5AC #AC38C5 #C5AC38

tetradic

#38C5AC #6638C5 #C53851 #97C538

square

#38C5AC #6638C5 #C53851 #97C538

split-complementary

#38C5AC #C53897 #C56638

monochromatic

#1D6659 #2A9582 #38C5AC #67D4C0 #96E1D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#38C5AC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.75

#38C5AC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C5AC

9.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C5AC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C5AC	1.00	2.15	9.75	9.75
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDB9AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAABAE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C8BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c5ac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 197, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.123 178.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83d7c4',
    500: '#38c5ac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c5ac;
$custom-light: #83d7c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c5ac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.362,
    "s": 55.731,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74368,
    "c": 0.12295,
    "h": 178.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.43752
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C5AC

secondary

#CD8C98

accent

#4963DF

background

#F8FDFC

surface

#F0FAF8

border

#CBD3D1

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C5AC

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

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