#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
RGB	rgb(56, 202, 154)
HSL	hsl(160, 58%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(160, 72%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.3%, 0%, 23.8%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.16, -49.34, 13.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.16, 51.06, 165.10°)
OKLab	oklab(75.13% -0.1363 0.0336)
OKLCH	oklch(75.13% 0.14 166.2)
XYZ	xyz(28.5809, 45.4116, 37.8246)
Luminance	0.4541 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

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
##38CA9A	1.00	2.08	10.08	10.08
#FFFFFF	2.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview Lab

Preview with #38CA9A

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

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