#38CA8C#38CA8C

#38CA8C is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.450; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.152 H 160.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38CA8C
RGB	rgb(56, 202, 140)
HSL	hsl(155, 58%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(155, 72%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.3%, 0%, 30.7%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.87, -52.45, 20.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.87, 56.20, 158.93°)
OKLab	oklab(74.8% -0.1428 0.0512)
OKLCH	oklch(74.8% 0.152 160.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.4822, 44.9721, 32.0379)
Luminance	0.4497 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38CA8C #CA3876

analogous

#38CA43 #38CA8C #38BFCA

triadic

#38CA8C #8C38CA #CA8C38

tetradic

#38CA8C #4338CA #CA3876 #BFCA38

square

#38CA8C #4338CA #CA3876 #BFCA38

split-complementary

#38CA8C #CA38BF #CA4338

monochromatic

#1D6B4A #299B6B #38CA8C #68D7A8 #99E4C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#38CA8C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.99

#38CA8C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38CA8C

9.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38CA8C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38CA8C	1.00	2.10	9.99	9.99
#FFFFFF	2.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7BB88

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5AE90

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C9BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38ca8c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 202, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.152 160.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82dbae',
    500: '#38ca8c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38ca8c;
$custom-light: #82dbae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38ca8c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 154.521,
    "s": 57.937,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74797,
    "c": 0.15174,
    "h": 160.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.44975
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38CA8C

secondary

#CF8EAA

accent

#4788E1

background

#F8FDFA

surface

#F0FBF4

border

#CBD4CE

text

#0C1510

muted

#7D837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38CA8C

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

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