#38CAA5#38CAA5

#38CAA5 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.458; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.133 H 171.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38CAA5
RGB	rgb(56, 202, 165)
HSL	hsl(165, 58%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(165, 72%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.3%, 0%, 18.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.41, -46.72, 7.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.41, 47.33, 170.80°)
OKLab	oklab(75.42% -0.1311 0.0193)
OKLCH	oklch(75.42% 0.133 171.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.5394, 45.7949, 42.8725)
Luminance	0.4580 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38CAA5 #CA385D

analogous

#38CA5C #38CAA5 #38A6CA

triadic

#38CAA5 #A538CA #CAA538

tetradic

#38CAA5 #5C38CA #CA385D #A6CA38

square

#38CAA5 #5C38CA #CA385D #A6CA38

split-complementary

#38CAA5 #CA38A6 #CA5C38

monochromatic

#1D6B57 #299B7F #38CAA5 #68D7BB #99E4D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#38CAA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.16

#38CAA5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38CAA5

10.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38CAA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38CAA5	1.00	2.07	10.16	10.16
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4BDA3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1AFA8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CCBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38caa5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 202, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.133 171.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83dbbf',
    500: '#38caa5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38caa5;
$custom-light: #83dbbf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38caa5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 164.795,
    "s": 57.937,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75417,
    "c": 0.13252,
    "h": 171.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.45798
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38CAA5

secondary

#CF8E9F

accent

#476EE1

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FBF7

border

#CBD4D0

text

#0C1512

muted

#7D8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #38CAA5

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

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