#38C6A1#38C6A1

#38C6A1 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.438; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.131 H 171.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C6A1
RGB	rgb(56, 198, 161)
HSL	hsl(164, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(164, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.7%, 0%, 18.7%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.09, -46.02, 7.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.09, 46.68, 170.33°)
OKLab	oklab(74.31% -0.129 0.02)
OKLCH	oklch(74.31% 0.131 171.2)
XYZ	xyz(28.2546, 43.7988, 40.6762)
Luminance	0.4380 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C6A1 #C6385D

analogous

#38C65A #38C6A1 #38A4C6

triadic

#38C6A1 #A138C6 #C6A138

tetradic

#38C6A1 #5A38C6 #C6385D #A4C638

square

#38C6A1 #5A38C6 #C6385D #A4C638

split-complementary

#38C6A1 #C638A4 #C65A38

monochromatic

#1D6753 #2B967A #38C6A1 #67D4B8 #97E2CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#38C6A1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.76

#38C6A1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C6A1

9.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C6A1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C6A1	1.00	2.15	9.76	9.76
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0B99F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADABA4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C8BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c6a1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 198, 161);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.131 171.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82d8bc',
    500: '#38c6a1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c6a1;
$custom-light: #82d8bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c6a1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 161
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 164.366,
    "s": 55.906,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74306,
    "c": 0.13053,
    "h": 171.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.43802
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C6A1

secondary

#CD8D9E

accent

#4970DF

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FAF6

border

#CBD3D0

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C6A1

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

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