#38CAAD#38CAAD

#38CAAD is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.461; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.128 H 176.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38CAAD
RGB	rgb(56, 202, 173)
HSL	hsl(168, 58%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(168, 72%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.3%, 0%, 14.4%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.61, -44.71, 3.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.61, 44.85, 175.49°)
OKLab	oklab(75.64% -0.1274 0.0087)
OKLCH	oklch(75.64% 0.128 176.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.2904, 46.0954, 46.8280)
Luminance	0.4610 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38CAAD #CA3855

analogous

#38CA64 #38CAAD #389ECA

triadic

#38CAAD #AD38CA #CAAD38

tetradic

#38CAAD #6438CA #CA3855 #9ECA38

square

#38CAAD #6438CA #CA3855 #9ECA38

split-complementary

#38CAAD #CA389E #CA6438

monochromatic

#1D6B5B #299B85 #38CAAD #68D7C1 #99E4D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#38CAAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.22

#38CAAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38CAAD

10.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38CAAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38CAAD	1.00	2.05	10.22	10.22
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2BDAC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFAFAF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CDC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38caad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 202, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.128 176.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84dbc5',
    500: '#38caad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38caad;
$custom-light: #84dbc5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38caad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.082,
    "s": 57.937,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75641,
    "c": 0.12769,
    "h": 176.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.46099
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38CAAD

secondary

#CF8E9B

accent

#4765E1

background

#F8FDFC

surface

#F0FBF8

border

#CBD4D1

text

#0C1512

muted

#7D8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #38CAAD

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

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