#38CA9D#38CA9D

#38CA9D is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.455; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.138 H 167.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38CA9D
RGB	rgb(56, 202, 157)
HSL	hsl(162, 58%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(162, 72%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.3%, 0%, 22.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.23, -48.64, 11.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.23, 50.01, 166.57°)
OKLab	oklab(75.21% -0.1349 0.0297)
OKLCH	oklch(75.21% 0.138 167.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.8339, 45.5128, 39.1570)
Luminance	0.4552 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38CA9D #CA3865

analogous

#38CA54 #38CA9D #38AECA

triadic

#38CA9D #9D38CA #CA9D38

tetradic

#38CA9D #5438CA #CA3865 #AECA38

square

#38CA9D #5438CA #CA3865 #AECA38

split-complementary

#38CA9D #CA38AE #CA5438

monochromatic

#1D6B53 #299B78 #38CA9D #68D7B5 #99E4CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#38CA9D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.10

#38CA9D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38CA9D

10.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38CA9D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38CA9D	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)

#C5BC9B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2AEA0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CBBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38ca9d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 202, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.138 167.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83dbba',
    500: '#38ca9d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38ca9d;
$custom-light: #83dbba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38ca9d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 161.507,
    "s": 57.937,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75205,
    "c": 0.13809,
    "h": 167.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.45516
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38CA9D

secondary

#CF8EA2

accent

#4776E1

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FBF6

border

#CBD4D0

text

#0C1511

muted

#7D8380

Preview Lab

Preview with #38CA9D

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

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