#38CAA7#38CAA7

#38CAA7 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.459; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.131 H 172.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38CAA7
RGB	rgb(56, 202, 167)
HSL	hsl(166, 58%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(166, 72%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.3%, 0%, 17.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.46, -46.22, 6.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.46, 46.69, 171.92°)
OKLab	oklab(75.47% -0.1302 0.0166)
OKLCH	oklch(75.47% 0.131 172.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.7229, 45.8683, 43.8387)
Luminance	0.4587 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38CAA7 #CA385B

analogous

#38CA5E #38CAA7 #38A4CA

triadic

#38CAA7 #A738CA #CAA738

tetradic

#38CAA7 #5E38CA #CA385B #A4CA38

square

#38CAA7 #5E38CA #CA385B #A4CA38

split-complementary

#38CAA7 #CA38A4 #CA5E38

monochromatic

#1D6B58 #299B80 #38CAA7 #68D7BC #99E4D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#38CAA7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.17

#38CAA7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38CAA7

10.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38CAA7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38CAA7	1.00	2.06	10.17	10.17
#FFFFFF	2.06	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)

#C3BDA5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0AFA9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CCC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38caa7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 202, 167);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.131 172.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83dbc1',
    500: '#38caa7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38caa7;
$custom-light: #83dbc1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38caa7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 167
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165.616,
    "s": 57.937,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75471,
    "c": 0.13124,
    "h": 172.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.45872
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38CAA7

secondary

#CF8E9E

accent

#476CE1

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FBF7

border

#CBD4D0

text

#0C1512

muted

#7D8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #38CAA7

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

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