#38CA9A#38CA9A

#38CA9A is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.454; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.140 H 166.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#38CA9A
RGBrgb(56, 202, 154)
HSLhsl(160, 58%, 51%)
HSVhsv(160, 72%, 79%)
CMYKcmyk(72.3%, 0%, 23.8%, 20.8%)
CIE-LABlab(73.16, -49.34, 13.13)
CIE-LCHlch(73.16, 51.06, 165.10°)
OKLaboklab(75.13% -0.1363 0.0336)
OKLCHoklch(75.13% 0.14 166.2)
XYZxyz(28.5809, 45.4116, 37.8246)
Luminance0.4541 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#38CA9A #CA3868
analogous
#38CA51 #38CA9A #38B1CA
triadic
#38CA9A #9A38CA #CA9A38
tetradic
#38CA9A #5138CA #CA3868 #B1CA38
square
#38CA9A #5138CA #CA3868 #B1CA38
split-complementary
#38CA9A #CA38B1 #CA5138
monochromatic
#1D6B51 #299B76 #38CA9A #68D7B3 #99E4CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08
#38CA9A on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.08
#38CA9A on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38CA9A
10.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##38CA9A#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##38CA9A1.002.0810.0810.08
#FFFFFF2.081.0021.0021.00
#00000010.0821.001.001.00
##00000010.0821.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#C5BC97
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#B3AE9D
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00CBBD
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #38ca9a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 202, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.140 166.2);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83dbb7',
    500: '#38ca9a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #38ca9a;
$custom-light: #83dbb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#38ca9a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 160.274,
    "s": 57.937,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75129,
    "c": 0.14033,
    "h": 166.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.45415
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#38CA9A
secondary
#CF8EA4
accent
#4779E1
background
#F8FDFB
surface
#F0FBF6
border
#CBD4D0
text
#0C1511
muted
#7D8380

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#38CA9A Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva