#38CBA1#38CBA1

#38CBA1 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.461; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.136 H 169.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38CBA1
RGB	rgb(56, 203, 161)
HSL	hsl(163, 59%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(163, 72%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.4%, 0%, 20.7%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.62, -48.10, 10.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.62, 49.14, 168.22°)
OKLab	oklab(75.56% -0.134 0.0256)
OKLCH	oklch(75.56% 0.136 169.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.4164, 46.1224, 41.0635)
Luminance	0.4613 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38CBA1 #CB3862

analogous

#38CB57 #38CBA1 #38ACCB

triadic

#38CBA1 #A138CB #CBA138

tetradic

#38CBA1 #5738CB #CB3862 #ACCB38

square

#38CBA1 #5738CB #CB3862 #ACCB38

split-complementary

#38CBA1 #CB38AC #CB5738

monochromatic

#1C6C55 #299D7C #38CBA1 #69D8B8 #99E4CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#38CBA1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.23

#38CBA1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38CBA1

10.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38CBA1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38CBA1	1.00	2.05	10.23	10.23
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6BD9F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2AFA4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CCBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38cba1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 203, 161);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.136 169.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83dcbc',
    500: '#38cba1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38cba1;
$custom-light: #83dcbc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38cba1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 161
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 162.857,
    "s": 58.566,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7556,
    "c": 0.13641,
    "h": 169.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.46126
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38CBA1

secondary

#D08FA1

accent

#4673E2

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FBF6

border

#CBD4D0

text

#0C1512

muted

#7D8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #38CBA1

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

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