#38CAC1#38CAC1

#38CAC1 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.469; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.120 H 188.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38CAC1
RGB	rgb(56, 202, 193)
HSL	hsl(176, 58%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(176, 72%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.3%, 0%, 4.5%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.14, -39.37, -6.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.14, 39.91, 189.39°)
OKLab	oklab(76.26% -0.1183 -0.0183)
OKLCH	oklch(76.26% 0.12 188.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.3725, 46.9282, 57.7936)
Luminance	0.4693 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38CAC1 #CA3841

analogous

#38CA78 #38CAC1 #388ACA

triadic

#38CAC1 #C138CA #CAC138

tetradic

#38CAC1 #7838CA #CA3841 #8ACA38

square

#38CAC1 #7838CA #CA3841 #8ACA38

split-complementary

#38CAC1 #CA388A #CA7838

monochromatic

#1D6B66 #299B94 #38CAC1 #68D7D0 #99E4DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#38CAC1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.39

#38CAC1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38CAC1

10.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38CAC1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38CAC1	1.00	2.02	10.39	10.39
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFBFC1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAB0C2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CFC7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38cac1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 202, 193);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.120 188.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85dbd3',
    500: '#38cac1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38cac1;
$custom-light: #85dbd3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38cac1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 193
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.301,
    "s": 57.937,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76256,
    "c": 0.11975,
    "h": 188.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.46932
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38CAC1

secondary

#CF8E92

accent

#4750E1

background

#F8FDFC

surface

#F0FBF9

border

#CBD4D2

text

#0D1514

muted

#7D8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #38CAC1

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

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