#38C8A4#38C8A4

#38C8A4 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.448; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.131 H 172.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C8A4
RGB	rgb(56, 200, 164)
HSL	hsl(165, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(165, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(72%, 0%, 18%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.78, -46.12, 7.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.78, 46.68, 171.13°)
OKLab	oklab(74.89% -0.1296 0.0183)
OKLCH	oklch(74.89% 0.131 172)
XYZ	xyz(28.9825, 44.8262, 42.2396)
Luminance	0.4483 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C8A4 #C8385C

analogous

#38C85C #38C8A4 #38A4C8

triadic

#38C8A4 #A438C8 #C8A438

tetradic

#38C8A4 #5C38C8 #C8385C #A4C838

square

#38C8A4 #5C38C8 #C8385C #A4C838

split-complementary

#38C8A4 #C838A4 #C85C38

monochromatic

#1D6956 #2A997D #38C8A4 #68D5BA #98E3D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#38C8A4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.97

#38C8A4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C8A4

9.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C8A4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C8A4	1.00	2.11	9.97	9.97
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2BBA2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFADA7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CABE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c8a4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 200, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.131 172.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83d9bf',
    500: '#38c8a4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c8a4;
$custom-light: #83d9bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c8a4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165,
    "s": 56.693,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74889,
    "c": 0.13088,
    "h": 172
  },
  "luminance": 0.4483
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C8A4

secondary

#CE8E9E

accent

#486EE0

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FBF6

border

#CBD4D0

text

#0C1512

muted

#7D8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C8A4

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

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