#38CAAA#38CAAA

#38CAAA is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.460; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.129 H 174.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38CAAA
RGB	rgb(56, 202, 170)
HSL	hsl(167, 58%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(167, 72%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.3%, 0%, 15.8%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.53, -45.47, 5.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.53, 45.75, 173.67°)
OKLab	oklab(75.56% -0.1288 0.0127)
OKLCH	oklch(75.56% 0.129 174.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.0034, 45.9806, 45.3163)
Luminance	0.4598 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38CAAA #CA3858

analogous

#38CA61 #38CAAA #38A1CA

triadic

#38CAAA #AA38CA #CAAA38

tetradic

#38CAAA #6138CA #CA3858 #A1CA38

square

#38CAAA #6138CA #CA3858 #A1CA38

split-complementary

#38CAAA #CA38A1 #CA6138

monochromatic

#1D6B5A #299B82 #38CAAA #68D7BF #99E4D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#38CAAA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.20

#38CAAA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38CAAA

10.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38CAAA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38CAAA	1.00	2.06	10.20	10.20
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3BDA9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFAFAC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CCC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38caaa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 202, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.129 174.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83dbc3',
    500: '#38caaa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38caaa;
$custom-light: #83dbc3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38caaa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.849,
    "s": 57.937,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75555,
    "c": 0.12941,
    "h": 174.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.45984
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38CAAA

secondary

#CF8E9D

accent

#4769E1

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FBF7

border

#CBD4D0

text

#0C1512

muted

#7D8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #38CAAA

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

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