#38C8A3#38C8A3

#38C8A3 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.448; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.132 H 171.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C8A3
RGB	rgb(56, 200, 163)
HSL	hsl(165, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(165, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(72%, 0%, 18.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.75, -46.37, 7.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.75, 47.00, 170.56°)
OKLab	oklab(74.86% -0.1301 0.0196)
OKLCH	oklch(74.86% 0.132 171.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.8926, 44.7903, 41.7659)
Luminance	0.4479 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C8A3 #C8385D

analogous

#38C85B #38C8A3 #38A5C8

triadic

#38C8A3 #A338C8 #C8A338

tetradic

#38C8A3 #5B38C8 #C8385D #A5C838

square

#38C8A3 #5B38C8 #C8385D #A5C838

split-complementary

#38C8A3 #C838A5 #C85B38

monochromatic

#1D6955 #2A997C #38C8A3 #68D5B9 #98E3CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#38C8A3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.96

#38C8A3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C8A3

9.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C8A3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C8A3	1.00	2.11	9.96	9.96
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2BBA1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFADA6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CABD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c8a3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 200, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.132 171.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83d9be',
    500: '#38c8a3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c8a3;
$custom-light: #83d9be;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c8a3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 164.583,
    "s": 56.693,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74862,
    "c": 0.13153,
    "h": 171.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.44794
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C8A3

secondary

#CE8E9E

accent

#486FE0

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FBF6

border

#CBD4D0

text

#0C1512

muted

#7D8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C8A3

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

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