#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
RGBrgb(56, 203, 160)
HSLhsl(162, 59%, 51%)
HSVhsv(162, 72%, 80%)
CMYKcmyk(72.4%, 0%, 21.2%, 20.4%)
CIE-LABlab(73.60, -48.34, 10.53)
CIE-LCHlch(73.60, 49.48, 167.71°)
OKLaboklab(75.53% -0.1344 0.0269)
OKLCHoklch(75.53% 0.137 168.7)
XYZxyz(29.3286, 46.0872, 40.6009)
Luminance0.4609 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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
##38CBA01.002.0610.2210.22
#FFFFFF2.061.0021.0021.00
#00000010.2221.001.001.00
##00000010.2221.001.001.00

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

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#38CBA0 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva