#38CBA0#38CBA0

#38CBA0 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.461; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.137 H 168.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38CBA0
RGB	rgb(56, 203, 160)
HSL	hsl(162, 59%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(162, 72%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.4%, 0%, 21.2%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.60, -48.34, 10.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.60, 49.48, 167.71°)
OKLab	oklab(75.53% -0.1344 0.0269)
OKLCH	oklch(75.53% 0.137 168.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.3286, 46.0872, 40.6009)
Luminance	0.4609 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38CBA0 #CB3863

analogous

#38CB56 #38CBA0 #38ACCB

triadic

#38CBA0 #A038CB #CBA038

tetradic

#38CBA0 #5638CB #CB3863 #ACCB38

square

#38CBA0 #5638CB #CB3863 #ACCB38

split-complementary

#38CBA0 #CB38AC #CB5638

monochromatic

#1C6C55 #299D7B #38CBA0 #69D8B7 #99E4CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#38CBA0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.22

#38CBA0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38CBA0

10.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38CBA0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38CBA0	1.00	2.06	10.22	10.22
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6BD9E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3AFA3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CCBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38cba0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 203, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.137 168.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83dcbc',
    500: '#38cba0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38cba0;
$custom-light: #83dcbc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38cba0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 162.449,
    "s": 58.566,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75534,
    "c": 0.13711,
    "h": 168.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.46091
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38CBA0

secondary

#D08FA2

accent

#4674E2

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FBF6

border

#CBD4D0

text

#0C1512

muted

#7D8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #38CBA0

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

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