#38CAA0#38CAA0

#38CAA0 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.456; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.136 H 169.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38CAA0
RGB	rgb(56, 202, 160)
HSL	hsl(163, 58%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(163, 72%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.3%, 0%, 20.8%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.30, -47.93, 10.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.30, 48.98, 168.10°)
OKLab	oklab(75.28% -0.1335 0.0258)
OKLCH	oklch(75.28% 0.136 169.1)
XYZ	xyz(29.0932, 45.6165, 40.5224)
Luminance	0.4562 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38CAA0 #CA3862

analogous

#38CA57 #38CAA0 #38ABCA

triadic

#38CAA0 #A038CA #CAA038

tetradic

#38CAA0 #5738CA #CA3862 #ABCA38

square

#38CAA0 #5738CA #CA3862 #ABCA38

split-complementary

#38CAA0 #CA38AB #CA5738

monochromatic

#1D6B54 #299B7B #38CAA0 #68D7B7 #99E4CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#38CAA0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.12

#38CAA0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38CAA0

10.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38CAA0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38CAA0	1.00	2.07	10.12	10.12
#FFFFFF	2.07	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)

#C5BC9E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2AEA3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CBBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38caa0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 202, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.136 169.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83dbbc',
    500: '#38caa0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38caa0;
$custom-light: #83dbbc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38caa0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 162.74,
    "s": 57.937,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75283,
    "c": 0.13592,
    "h": 169.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.4562
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38CAA0

secondary

#CF8EA1

accent

#4773E1

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FBF6

border

#CBD4D0

text

#0C1512

muted

#7D8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #38CAA0

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

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