#38CA8A#38CA8A

#38CA8A is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.449; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.153 H 159.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38CA8A
RGB	rgb(56, 202, 138)
HSL	hsl(154, 58%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(154, 72%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.3%, 0%, 31.7%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.83, -52.87, 21.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.83, 56.96, 158.14°)
OKLab	oklab(74.75% -0.1438 0.0537)
OKLCH	oklch(74.75% 0.153 159.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.3361, 44.9136, 31.2683)
Luminance	0.4492 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38CA8A #CA3878

analogous

#38CA41 #38CA8A #38C1CA

triadic

#38CA8A #8A38CA #CA8A38

tetradic

#38CA8A #4138CA #CA3878 #C1CA38

square

#38CA8A #4138CA #CA3878 #C1CA38

split-complementary

#38CA8A #CA38C1 #CA4138

monochromatic

#1D6B49 #299B69 #38CA8A #68D7A6 #99E4C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#38CA8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.98

#38CA8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38CA8A

9.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38CA8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38CA8A	1.00	2.10	9.98	9.98
#FFFFFF	2.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8BB86

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5AD8E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C9B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38ca8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 202, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.153 159.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82dbac',
    500: '#38ca8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38ca8a;
$custom-light: #82dbac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38ca8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 153.699,
    "s": 57.937,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74752,
    "c": 0.15346,
    "h": 159.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.44917
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38CA8A

secondary

#CF8EAB

accent

#478AE1

background

#F8FDFA

surface

#F0FBF4

border

#CBD4CE

text

#0C1510

muted

#7D837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38CA8A

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

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