#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
RGBrgb(56, 202, 185)
HSLhsl(173, 58%, 51%)
HSVhsv(173, 72%, 79%)
CMYKcmyk(72.3%, 0%, 8.4%, 20.8%)
CIE-LABlab(73.92, -41.56, -2.51)
CIE-LCHlch(73.92, 41.64, 183.45°)
OKLaboklab(76% -0.1219 -0.0074)
OKLCHoklch(76% 0.122 183.5)
XYZxyz(31.5042, 46.5808, 53.2202)
Luminance0.4658 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

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
##38CAB91.002.0410.3210.32
#FFFFFF2.041.0021.0021.00
#00000010.3221.001.001.00
##00000010.3221.001.001.00

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

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#38CAB9 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva