#38CAAC#38CAAC

#38CAAC is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.461; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.128 H 175.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38CAAC
RGB	rgb(56, 202, 172)
HSL	hsl(168, 58%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(168, 72%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.3%, 0%, 14.9%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.58, -44.97, 4.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.58, 45.15, 174.87°)
OKLab	oklab(75.61% -0.1279 0.01)
OKLCH	oklch(75.61% 0.128 175.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.1940, 46.0568, 46.3203)
Luminance	0.4606 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38CAAC #CA3856

analogous

#38CA63 #38CAAC #389FCA

triadic

#38CAAC #AC38CA #CAAC38

tetradic

#38CAAC #6338CA #CA3856 #9FCA38

square

#38CAAC #6338CA #CA3856 #9FCA38

split-complementary

#38CAAC #CA389F #CA6338

monochromatic

#1D6B5B #299B84 #38CAAC #68D7C0 #99E4D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#38CAAC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.21

#38CAAC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38CAAC

10.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38CAAC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38CAAC	1.00	2.06	10.21	10.21
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3BDAB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFAFAE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CDC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38caac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 202, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.128 175.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84dbc4',
    500: '#38caac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38caac;
$custom-light: #84dbc4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38caac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 167.671,
    "s": 57.937,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75612,
    "c": 0.12825,
    "h": 175.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.4606
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38CAAC

secondary

#CF8E9C

accent

#4766E1

background

#F8FDFC

surface

#F0FBF8

border

#CBD4D1

text

#0C1512

muted

#7D8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #38CAAC

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

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