#38CB9C#38CB9C

#38CB9C is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.460; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.140 H 166.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38CB9C
RGB	rgb(56, 203, 156)
HSL	hsl(161, 59%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(161, 72%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.4%, 0%, 23.2%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.51, -49.28, 12.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.51, 50.86, 165.71°)
OKLab	oklab(75.43% -0.1363 0.0321)
OKLCH	oklch(75.43% 0.14 166.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.9843, 45.9495, 38.7876)
Luminance	0.4595 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38CB9C #CB3867

analogous

#38CB52 #38CB9C #38B1CB

triadic

#38CB9C #9C38CB #CB9C38

tetradic

#38CB9C #5238CB #CB3867 #B1CB38

square

#38CB9C #5238CB #CB3867 #B1CB38

split-complementary

#38CB9C #CB38B1 #CB5238

monochromatic

#1C6C53 #299D78 #38CB9C #69D8B4 #99E4CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#38CB9C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.19

#38CB9C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38CB9C

10.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38CB9C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38CB9C	1.00	2.06	10.19	10.19
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6BD9A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3AF9F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CCBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38cb9c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 203, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.140 166.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83dcb9',
    500: '#38cb9c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38cb9c;
$custom-light: #83dcb9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38cb9c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 160.816,
    "s": 58.566,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75431,
    "c": 0.14005,
    "h": 166.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.45953
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38CB9C

secondary

#D08FA4

accent

#4678E2

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FBF6

border

#CBD4D0

text

#0C1511

muted

#7D8380

Preview Lab

Preview with #38CB9C

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

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