#38CAB7#38CAB7

#38CAB7 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.465; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.123 H 182.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38CAB7
RGB	rgb(56, 202, 183)
HSL	hsl(172, 58%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(172, 72%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.3%, 0%, 9.4%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.87, -42.10, -1.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.87, 42.12, 182.05°)
OKLab	oklab(75.94% -0.1228 -0.0047)
OKLCH	oklch(75.94% 0.123 182.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.2945, 46.4970, 52.1161)
Luminance	0.4650 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38CAB7 #CA384B

analogous

#38CA6E #38CAB7 #3894CA

triadic

#38CAB7 #B738CA #CAB738

tetradic

#38CAB7 #6E38CA #CA384B #94CA38

square

#38CAB7 #6E38CA #CA384B #94CA38

split-complementary

#38CAB7 #CA3894 #CA6E38

monochromatic

#1D6B61 #299B8D #38CAB7 #68D7C8 #99E4DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#38CAB7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.30

#38CAB7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38CAB7

10.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38CAB7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38CAB7	1.00	2.04	10.30	10.30
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1BEB6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACAFB9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CEC4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38cab7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 202, 183);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.123 182.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84dbcc',
    500: '#38cab7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38cab7;
$custom-light: #84dbcc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38cab7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 183
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.192,
    "s": 57.937,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75939,
    "c": 0.12291,
    "h": 182.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.46501
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38CAB7

secondary

#CF8E97

accent

#475BE1

background

#F8FDFC

surface

#F0FBF8

border

#CBD4D1

text

#0C1513

muted

#7D8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #38CAB7

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

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