#38CAA2#38CAA2

#38CAA2 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.457; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.135 H 170.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38CAA2
RGB	rgb(56, 202, 162)
HSL	hsl(164, 58%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(164, 72%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.3%, 0%, 19.8%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.34, -47.45, 9.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.34, 48.31, 169.16°)
OKLab	oklab(75.34% -0.1325 0.0232)
OKLCH	oklch(75.34% 0.135 170.1)
XYZ	xyz(29.2696, 45.6870, 41.4513)
Luminance	0.4569 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38CAA2 #CA3860

analogous

#38CA59 #38CAA2 #38A9CA

triadic

#38CAA2 #A238CA #CAA238

tetradic

#38CAA2 #5938CA #CA3860 #A9CA38

square

#38CAA2 #5938CA #CA3860 #A9CA38

split-complementary

#38CAA2 #CA38A9 #CA5938

monochromatic

#1D6B56 #299B7C #38CAA2 #68D7B9 #99E4CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#38CAA2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.14

#38CAA2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38CAA2

10.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38CAA2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38CAA2	1.00	2.07	10.14	10.14
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4BCA0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1AEA5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CBBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38caa2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 202, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.135 170.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83dbbd',
    500: '#38caa2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38caa2;
$custom-light: #83dbbd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38caa2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 163.562,
    "s": 57.937,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75336,
    "c": 0.13453,
    "h": 170.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.4569
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38CAA2

secondary

#CF8EA0

accent

#4771E1

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FBF6

border

#CBD4D0

text

#0C1512

muted

#7D8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #38CAA2

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

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