#38CA9F#38CA9F

#38CA9F is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.456; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.137 H 168.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38CA9F
RGB	rgb(56, 202, 159)
HSL	hsl(162, 58%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(162, 72%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.3%, 0%, 21.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.27, -48.17, 10.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.27, 49.32, 167.58°)
OKLab	oklab(75.26% -0.1339 0.0271)
OKLCH	oklch(75.26% 0.137 168.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.0061, 45.5816, 40.0636)
Luminance	0.4558 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38CA9F #CA3863

analogous

#38CA56 #38CA9F #38ACCA

triadic

#38CA9F #9F38CA #CA9F38

tetradic

#38CA9F #5638CA #CA3863 #ACCA38

square

#38CA9F #5638CA #CA3863 #ACCA38

split-complementary

#38CA9F #CA38AC #CA5638

monochromatic

#1D6B54 #299B7A #38CA9F #68D7B6 #99E4CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#38CA9F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.12

#38CA9F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38CA9F

10.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38CA9F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38CA9F	1.00	2.08	10.12	10.12
#FFFFFF	2.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5BC9D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2AEA2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CBBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38ca9f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 202, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.137 168.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83dbbb',
    500: '#38ca9f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38ca9f;
$custom-light: #83dbbb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38ca9f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 162.329,
    "s": 57.937,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75257,
    "c": 0.13663,
    "h": 168.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.45585
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38CA9F

secondary

#CF8EA2

accent

#4774E1

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FBF6

border

#CBD4D0

text

#0C1511

muted

#7D8380

Preview Lab

Preview with #38CA9F

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

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