#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
RGBrgb(56, 202, 183)
HSLhsl(172, 58%, 51%)
HSVhsv(172, 72%, 79%)
CMYKcmyk(72.3%, 0%, 9.4%, 20.8%)
CIE-LABlab(73.87, -42.10, -1.50)
CIE-LCHlch(73.87, 42.12, 182.05°)
OKLaboklab(75.94% -0.1228 -0.0047)
OKLCHoklch(75.94% 0.123 182.2)
XYZxyz(31.2945, 46.4970, 52.1161)
Luminance0.4650 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

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
##38CAB71.002.0410.3010.30
#FFFFFF2.041.0021.0021.00
#00000010.3021.001.001.00
##00000010.3021.001.001.00

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

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#38CAB7 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva