#38CA9C#38CA9C

#38CA9C is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.455; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.139 H 167.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#38CA9C
RGBrgb(56, 202, 156)
HSLhsl(161, 58%, 51%)
HSVhsv(161, 72%, 79%)
CMYKcmyk(72.3%, 0%, 22.8%, 20.8%)
CIE-LABlab(73.21, -48.88, 12.12)
CIE-LCHlch(73.21, 50.36, 166.07°)
OKLaboklab(75.18% -0.1353 0.031)
OKLCHoklch(75.18% 0.139 167.1)
XYZxyz(28.7489, 45.4787, 38.7092)
Luminance0.4548 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#38CA9C #CA3866
analogous
#38CA53 #38CA9C #38AFCA
triadic
#38CA9C #9C38CA #CA9C38
tetradic
#38CA9C #5338CA #CA3866 #AFCA38
square
#38CA9C #5338CA #CA3866 #AFCA38
split-complementary
#38CA9C #CA38AF #CA5338
monochromatic
#1D6B52 #299B77 #38CA9C #68D7B4 #99E4CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08
#38CA9C on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.10
#38CA9C on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38CA9C
10.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##38CA9C#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##38CA9C1.002.0810.1010.10
#FFFFFF2.081.0021.0021.00
#00000010.1021.001.001.00
##00000010.1021.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#C5BC9A
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#B2AE9F
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00CBBD
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #38ca9c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 202, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.139 167.1);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83dbb9',
    500: '#38ca9c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #38ca9c;
$custom-light: #83dbb9;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#38ca9c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 161.096,
    "s": 57.937,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75179,
    "c": 0.13883,
    "h": 167.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.45482
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#38CA9C
secondary
#CF8EA3
accent
#4777E1
background
#F8FDFB
surface
#F0FBF6
border
#CBD4D0
text
#0C1511
muted
#7D8380

Preview Lab

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#38CA9C Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva