#38C8A1#38C8A1

#38C8A1 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.447; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.133 H 170.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C8A1
RGB	rgb(56, 200, 161)
HSL	hsl(164, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(164, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(72%, 0%, 19.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.71, -46.86, 8.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.71, 47.66, 169.46°)
OKLab	oklab(74.81% -0.131 0.0222)
OKLCH	oklch(74.81% 0.133 170.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.7148, 44.7192, 40.8296)
Luminance	0.4472 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C8A1 #C8385F

analogous

#38C859 #38C8A1 #38A7C8

triadic

#38C8A1 #A138C8 #C8A138

tetradic

#38C8A1 #5938C8 #C8385F #A7C838

square

#38C8A1 #5938C8 #C8385F #A7C838

split-complementary

#38C8A1 #C838A7 #C85938

monochromatic

#1D6954 #2A997B #38C8A1 #68D5B8 #98E3CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#38C8A1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.94

#38C8A1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C8A1

9.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C8A1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C8A1	1.00	2.11	9.94	9.94
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2BB9F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFADA4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C9BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c8a1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 200, 161);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.133 170.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83d9bc',
    500: '#38c8a1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c8a1;
$custom-light: #83d9bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c8a1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 161
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 163.75,
    "s": 56.693,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74808,
    "c": 0.13286,
    "h": 170.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.44723
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C8A1

secondary

#CE8E9F

accent

#4871E0

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FBF6

border

#CBD4D0

text

#0C1512

muted

#7D8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C8A1

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

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