#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
RGBrgb(56, 202, 193)
HSLhsl(176, 58%, 51%)
HSVhsv(176, 72%, 79%)
CMYKcmyk(72.3%, 0%, 4.5%, 20.8%)
CIE-LABlab(74.14, -39.37, -6.51)
CIE-LCHlch(74.14, 39.91, 189.39°)
OKLaboklab(76.26% -0.1183 -0.0183)
OKLCHoklch(76.26% 0.12 188.8)
XYZxyz(32.3725, 46.9282, 57.7936)
Luminance0.4693 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

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
##38CAC11.002.0210.3910.39
#FFFFFF2.021.0021.0021.00
#00000010.3921.001.001.00
##00000010.3921.001.001.00

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

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#38CAC1 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva