#38CAA4#38CAA4

#38CAA4 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.458; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.133 H 171.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38CAA4
RGB	rgb(56, 202, 164)
HSL	hsl(164, 58%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(164, 72%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.3%, 0%, 18.8%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.39, -46.96, 8.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.39, 47.65, 170.24°)
OKLab	oklab(75.39% -0.1316 0.0206)
OKLCH	oklch(75.39% 0.133 171.1)
XYZ	xyz(29.4487, 45.7587, 42.3950)
Luminance	0.4576 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38CAA4 #CA385E

analogous

#38CA5B #38CAA4 #38A7CA

triadic

#38CAA4 #A438CA #CAA438

tetradic

#38CAA4 #5B38CA #CA385E #A7CA38

square

#38CAA4 #5B38CA #CA385E #A7CA38

split-complementary

#38CAA4 #CA38A7 #CA5B38

monochromatic

#1D6B57 #299B7E #38CAA4 #68D7BA #99E4D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#38CAA4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.15

#38CAA4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38CAA4

10.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38CAA4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38CAA4	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)

#C4BCA2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1AEA7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CCBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38caa4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 202, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.133 171.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83dbbf',
    500: '#38caa4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38caa4;
$custom-light: #83dbbf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38caa4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 164.384,
    "s": 57.937,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75389,
    "c": 0.13318,
    "h": 171.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.45762
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38CAA4

secondary

#CF8E9F

accent

#476FE1

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FBF6

border

#CBD4D0

text

#0C1512

muted

#7D8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #38CAA4

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

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