#38C8A2#38C8A2

#38C8A2 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.448; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.132 H 170.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C8A2
RGB	rgb(56, 200, 162)
HSL	hsl(164, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(164, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(72%, 0%, 19%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.73, -46.61, 8.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.73, 47.33, 170.01°)
OKLab	oklab(74.83% -0.1305 0.0209)
OKLCH	oklch(74.83% 0.132 170.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.8033, 44.7546, 41.2959)
Luminance	0.4476 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C8A2 #C8385E

analogous

#38C85A #38C8A2 #38A6C8

triadic

#38C8A2 #A238C8 #C8A238

tetradic

#38C8A2 #5A38C8 #C8385E #A6C838

square

#38C8A2 #5A38C8 #C8385E #A6C838

split-complementary

#38C8A2 #C838A6 #C85A38

monochromatic

#1D6955 #2A997B #38C8A2 #68D5B8 #98E3CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#38C8A2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.95

#38C8A2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C8A2

9.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C8A2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C8A2	1.00	2.11	9.95	9.95
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2BBA0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFADA5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CABD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c8a2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 200, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.132 170.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83d9bd',
    500: '#38c8a2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c8a2;
$custom-light: #83d9bd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c8a2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 164.167,
    "s": 56.693,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74835,
    "c": 0.13219,
    "h": 170.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.44758
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C8A2

secondary

#CE8E9F

accent

#4870E0

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FBF6

border

#CBD4D0

text

#0C1512

muted

#7D8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C8A2

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

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