#38CB9F#38CB9F

#38CB9F is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.461; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.138 H 168.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38CB9F
RGB	rgb(56, 203, 159)
HSL	hsl(162, 59%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(162, 72%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.4%, 0%, 21.7%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.58, -48.58, 11.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.58, 49.82, 167.20°)
OKLab	oklab(75.51% -0.1349 0.0282)
OKLCH	oklch(75.51% 0.138 168.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.2415, 46.0524, 40.1421)
Luminance	0.4606 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38CB9F #CB3864

analogous

#38CB55 #38CB9F #38ADCB

triadic

#38CB9F #9F38CB #CB9F38

tetradic

#38CB9F #5538CB #CB3864 #ADCB38

square

#38CB9F #5538CB #CB3864 #ADCB38

split-complementary

#38CB9F #CB38AD #CB5538

monochromatic

#1C6C54 #299D7A #38CB9F #69D8B6 #99E4CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#38CB9F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.21

#38CB9F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38CB9F

10.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38CB9F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38CB9F	1.00	2.06	10.21	10.21
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6BD9D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3AFA2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CCBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38cb9f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 203, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.138 168.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83dcbb',
    500: '#38cb9f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38cb9f;
$custom-light: #83dcbb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38cb9f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 162.041,
    "s": 58.566,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75508,
    "c": 0.13783,
    "h": 168.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.46056
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38CB9F

secondary

#D08FA2

accent

#4675E2

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FBF6

border

#CBD4D0

text

#0C1511

muted

#7D8380

Preview Lab

Preview with #38CB9F

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

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