#38CAB9#38CAB9

#38CAB9 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.466; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.122 H 183.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38CAB9
RGB	rgb(56, 202, 185)
HSL	hsl(173, 58%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(173, 72%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.3%, 0%, 8.4%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.92, -41.56, -2.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.92, 41.64, 183.45°)
OKLab	oklab(76% -0.1219 -0.0074)
OKLCH	oklch(76% 0.122 183.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.5042, 46.5808, 53.2202)
Luminance	0.4658 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38CAB9 #CA3849

analogous

#38CA70 #38CAB9 #3892CA

triadic

#38CAB9 #B938CA #CAB938

tetradic

#38CAB9 #7038CA #CA3849 #92CA38

square

#38CAB9 #7038CA #CA3849 #92CA38

split-complementary

#38CAB9 #CA3892 #CA7038

monochromatic

#1D6B62 #299B8E #38CAB9 #68D7CA #99E4DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#38CAB9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.32

#38CAB9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38CAB9

10.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38CAB9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38CAB9	1.00	2.04	10.32	10.32
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0BEB8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACAFBB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CEC5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38cab9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 202, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.122 183.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84dbce',
    500: '#38cab9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38cab9;
$custom-light: #84dbce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38cab9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.014,
    "s": 57.937,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76,
    "c": 0.12215,
    "h": 183.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.46585
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38CAB9

secondary

#CF8E96

accent

#4759E1

background

#F8FDFC

surface

#F0FBF9

border

#CBD4D2

text

#0C1513

muted

#7D8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #38CAB9

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

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