#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
RGB	rgb(56, 202, 156)
HSL	hsl(161, 58%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(161, 72%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.3%, 0%, 22.8%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.21, -48.88, 12.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.21, 50.36, 166.07°)
OKLab	oklab(75.18% -0.1353 0.031)
OKLCH	oklch(75.18% 0.139 167.1)
XYZ	xyz(28.7489, 45.4787, 38.7092)
Luminance	0.4548 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

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
##38CA9C	1.00	2.08	10.10	10.10
#FFFFFF	2.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #38CA9C

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

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