#38C7A2#38C7A2

#38C7A2 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.443; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.131 H 171.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C7A2
RGB	rgb(56, 199, 162)
HSL	hsl(164, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(164, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.9%, 0%, 18.6%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.42, -46.19, 7.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.42, 46.84, 170.45°)
OKLab	oklab(74.58% -0.1295 0.0198)
OKLCH	oklch(74.58% 0.131 171.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.5725, 44.2929, 41.2189)
Luminance	0.4430 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C7A2 #C7385D

analogous

#38C75B #38C7A2 #38A4C7

triadic

#38C7A2 #A238C7 #C7A238

tetradic

#38C7A2 #5B38C7 #C7385D #A4C738

square

#38C7A2 #5B38C7 #C7385D #A4C738

split-complementary

#38C7A2 #C738A4 #C75B38

monochromatic

#1D6754 #2B977B #38C7A2 #68D4B8 #98E2CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#38C7A2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.86

#38C7A2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C7A2

9.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C7A2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C7A2	1.00	2.13	9.86	9.86
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1BAA0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEACA5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C9BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c7a2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 199, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.131 171.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83d9bd',
    500: '#38c7a2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c7a2;
$custom-light: #83d9bd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c7a2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 164.476,
    "s": 56.078,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74584,
    "c": 0.13103,
    "h": 171.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.44296
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C7A2

secondary

#CD8D9E

accent

#486FDF

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FAF6

border

#CBD3D0

text

#0C1512

muted

#7D8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C7A2

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

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