#38CAA9#38CAA9

#38CAA9 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.459; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.130 H 173.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38CAA9
RGB	rgb(56, 202, 169)
HSL	hsl(166, 58%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(166, 72%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.3%, 0%, 16.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.51, -45.72, 5.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.51, 46.06, 173.08°)
OKLab	oklab(75.53% -0.1292 0.014)
OKLCH	oklch(75.53% 0.13 173.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.9092, 45.9429, 44.8200)
Luminance	0.4595 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38CAA9 #CA3859

analogous

#38CA60 #38CAA9 #38A2CA

triadic

#38CAA9 #A938CA #CAA938

tetradic

#38CAA9 #6038CA #CA3859 #A2CA38

square

#38CAA9 #6038CA #CA3859 #A2CA38

split-complementary

#38CAA9 #CA38A2 #CA6038

monochromatic

#1D6B59 #299B82 #38CAA9 #68D7BE #99E4D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#38CAA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.19

#38CAA9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38CAA9

10.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38CAA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38CAA9	1.00	2.06	10.19	10.19
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3BDA7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0AFAB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CCC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38caa9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 202, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.130 173.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83dbc2',
    500: '#38caa9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38caa9;
$custom-light: #83dbc2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38caa9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.438,
    "s": 57.937,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75527,
    "c": 0.13,
    "h": 173.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.45946
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38CAA9

secondary

#CF8E9D

accent

#476AE1

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FBF7

border

#CBD4D0

text

#0C1512

muted

#7D8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #38CAA9

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

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