#38CAA3#38CAA3

#38CAA3 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.457; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.134 H 170.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38CAA3
RGB	rgb(56, 202, 163)
HSL	hsl(164, 58%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(164, 72%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.3%, 0%, 19.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.37, -47.21, 8.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.37, 47.98, 169.70°)
OKLab	oklab(75.36% -0.132 0.0219)
OKLCH	oklch(75.36% 0.134 170.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.3588, 45.7227, 41.9213)
Luminance	0.4573 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38CAA3 #CA385F

analogous

#38CA5A #38CAA3 #38A8CA

triadic

#38CAA3 #A338CA #CAA338

tetradic

#38CAA3 #5A38CA #CA385F #A8CA38

square

#38CAA3 #5A38CA #CA385F #A8CA38

split-complementary

#38CAA3 #CA38A8 #CA5A38

monochromatic

#1D6B56 #299B7D #38CAA3 #68D7B9 #99E4D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#38CAA3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.15

#38CAA3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38CAA3

10.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38CAA3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38CAA3	1.00	2.07	10.15	10.15
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4BCA1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1AEA6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CCBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38caa3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 202, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.134 170.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83dbbe',
    500: '#38caa3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38caa3;
$custom-light: #83dbbe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38caa3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 163.973,
    "s": 57.937,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75362,
    "c": 0.13385,
    "h": 170.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.45726
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38CAA3

secondary

#CF8EA0

accent

#4770E1

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FBF6

border

#CBD4D0

text

#0C1512

muted

#7D8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #38CAA3

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

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