#38CB9A#38CB9A

#38CB9A is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.459; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.142 H 165.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38CB9A
RGB	rgb(56, 203, 154)
HSL	hsl(160, 59%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(160, 72%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.4%, 0%, 24.1%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.47, -49.75, 13.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.47, 51.56, 164.75°)
OKLab	oklab(75.38% -0.1372 0.0347)
OKLCH	oklch(75.38% 0.142 165.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.8163, 45.8823, 37.9031)
Luminance	0.4589 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38CB9A #CB3869

analogous

#38CB50 #38CB9A #38B2CB

triadic

#38CB9A #9A38CB #CB9A38

tetradic

#38CB9A #5038CB #CB3869 #B2CB38

square

#38CB9A #5038CB #CB3869 #B2CB38

split-complementary

#38CB9A #CB38B2 #CB5038

monochromatic

#1C6C52 #299D76 #38CB9A #69D8B3 #99E4CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#38CB9A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.18

#38CB9A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38CB9A

10.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38CB9A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38CB9A	1.00	2.06	10.18	10.18
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7BD97

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4AF9D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CBBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38cb9a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 203, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.142 165.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83dcb7',
    500: '#38cb9a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38cb9a;
$custom-light: #83dcb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38cb9a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 160,
    "s": 58.566,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75381,
    "c": 0.14156,
    "h": 165.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.45886
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38CB9A

secondary

#D08FA5

accent

#467AE2

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FBF6

border

#CBD4D0

text

#0C1511

muted

#7D8380

Preview Lab

Preview with #38CB9A

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

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