#38CAA1#38CAA1

#38CAA1 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.457; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.135 H 169.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38CAA1
RGB	rgb(56, 202, 161)
HSL	hsl(163, 58%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(163, 72%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.3%, 0%, 20.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.32, -47.69, 9.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.32, 48.64, 168.63°)
OKLab	oklab(75.31% -0.133 0.0245)
OKLCH	oklch(75.31% 0.135 169.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.1810, 45.6516, 40.9850)
Luminance	0.4566 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38CAA1 #CA3861

analogous

#38CA58 #38CAA1 #38AACA

triadic

#38CAA1 #A138CA #CAA138

tetradic

#38CAA1 #5838CA #CA3861 #AACA38

square

#38CAA1 #5838CA #CA3861 #AACA38

split-complementary

#38CAA1 #CA38AA #CA5838

monochromatic

#1D6B55 #299B7B #38CAA1 #68D7B8 #99E4CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#38CAA1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.13

#38CAA1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38CAA1

10.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38CAA1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38CAA1	1.00	2.07	10.13	10.13
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4BC9F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1AEA4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CBBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38caa1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 202, 161);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.135 169.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83dbbc',
    500: '#38caa1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38caa1;
$custom-light: #83dbbc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38caa1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 161
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 163.151,
    "s": 57.937,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75309,
    "c": 0.13522,
    "h": 169.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.45655
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38CAA1

secondary

#CF8EA1

accent

#4772E1

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FBF6

border

#CBD4D0

text

#0C1512

muted

#7D8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #38CAA1

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

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