#38CAA6#38CAA6

#38CAA6 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.458; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.132 H 172.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38CAA6
RGB	rgb(56, 202, 166)
HSL	hsl(165, 58%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(165, 72%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.3%, 0%, 17.8%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.44, -46.47, 7.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.44, 47.00, 171.36°)
OKLab	oklab(75.44% -0.1306 0.0179)
OKLCH	oklch(75.44% 0.132 172.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.6308, 45.8315, 43.3537)
Luminance	0.4583 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38CAA6 #CA385C

analogous

#38CA5D #38CAA6 #38A5CA

triadic

#38CAA6 #A638CA #CAA638

tetradic

#38CAA6 #5D38CA #CA385C #A5CA38

square

#38CAA6 #5D38CA #CA385C #A5CA38

split-complementary

#38CAA6 #CA38A5 #CA5D38

monochromatic

#1D6B58 #299B7F #38CAA6 #68D7BC #99E4D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#38CAA6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.17

#38CAA6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38CAA6

10.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38CAA6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38CAA6	1.00	2.07	10.17	10.17
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4BDA4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0AFA9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CCC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38caa6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 202, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.132 172.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83dbc0',
    500: '#38caa6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38caa6;
$custom-light: #83dbc0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38caa6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165.205,
    "s": 57.937,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75444,
    "c": 0.13188,
    "h": 172.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.45835
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38CAA6

secondary

#CF8E9E

accent

#476DE1

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FBF7

border

#CBD4D0

text

#0C1512

muted

#7D8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #38CAA6

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

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