#38CA9E#38CA9E

#38CA9E is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.456; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.137 H 168.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38CA9E
RGB	rgb(56, 202, 158)
HSL	hsl(162, 58%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(162, 72%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.3%, 0%, 21.8%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.25, -48.41, 11.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.25, 49.66, 167.07°)
OKLab	oklab(75.23% -0.1344 0.0284)
OKLCH	oklch(75.23% 0.137 168.1)
XYZ	xyz(28.9196, 45.5470, 39.6084)
Luminance	0.4555 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38CA9E #CA3864

analogous

#38CA55 #38CA9E #38ADCA

triadic

#38CA9E #9E38CA #CA9E38

tetradic

#38CA9E #5538CA #CA3864 #ADCA38

square

#38CA9E #5538CA #CA3864 #ADCA38

split-complementary

#38CA9E #CA38AD #CA5538

monochromatic

#1D6B53 #299B79 #38CA9E #68D7B6 #99E4CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#38CA9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.11

#38CA9E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38CA9E

10.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38CA9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38CA9E	1.00	2.08	10.11	10.11
#FFFFFF	2.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5BC9C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2AEA1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CBBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38ca9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 202, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.137 168.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83dbba',
    500: '#38ca9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38ca9e;
$custom-light: #83dbba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38ca9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 161.918,
    "s": 57.937,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75231,
    "c": 0.13736,
    "h": 168.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.4555
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38CA9E

secondary

#CF8EA2

accent

#4775E1

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FBF6

border

#CBD4D0

text

#0C1511

muted

#7D8380

Preview Lab

Preview with #38CA9E

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

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