#38CA9B#38CA9B

#38CA9B is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.454; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.140 H 166.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38CA9B
RGB	rgb(56, 202, 155)
HSL	hsl(161, 58%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(161, 72%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.3%, 0%, 23.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.18, -49.11, 12.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.18, 50.71, 165.58°)
OKLab	oklab(75.15% -0.1358 0.0323)
OKLCH	oklch(75.15% 0.14 166.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.6646, 45.4450, 38.2650)
Luminance	0.4545 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38CA9B #CA3867

analogous

#38CA52 #38CA9B #38B0CA

triadic

#38CA9B #9B38CA #CA9B38

tetradic

#38CA9B #5238CA #CA3867 #B0CA38

square

#38CA9B #5238CA #CA3867 #B0CA38

split-complementary

#38CA9B #CA38B0 #CA5238

monochromatic

#1D6B52 #299B77 #38CA9B #68D7B3 #99E4CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#38CA9B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.09

#38CA9B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38CA9B

10.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38CA9B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38CA9B	1.00	2.08	10.09	10.09
#FFFFFF	2.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5BC98

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3AE9E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CBBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38ca9b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 202, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.140 166.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83dbb8',
    500: '#38ca9b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38ca9b;
$custom-light: #83dbb8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38ca9b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 160.685,
    "s": 57.937,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75154,
    "c": 0.13957,
    "h": 166.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.45448
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38CA9B

secondary

#CF8EA3

accent

#4778E1

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FBF6

border

#CBD4D0

text

#0C1511

muted

#7D8380

Preview Lab

Preview with #38CA9B

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

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