#38CBA5#38CBA5

#38CBA5 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.463; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.134 H 171.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38CBA5
RGB	rgb(56, 203, 165)
HSL	hsl(164, 59%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(164, 72%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.4%, 0%, 18.7%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.72, -47.14, 8.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.72, 47.81, 170.36°)
OKLab	oklab(75.67% -0.1321 0.0204)
OKLCH	oklch(75.67% 0.134 171.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.7748, 46.2657, 42.9510)
Luminance	0.4627 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38CBA5 #CB385E

analogous

#38CB5B #38CBA5 #38A7CB

triadic

#38CBA5 #A538CB #CBA538

tetradic

#38CBA5 #5B38CB #CB385E #A7CB38

square

#38CBA5 #5B38CB #CB385E #A7CB38

split-complementary

#38CBA5 #CB38A7 #CB5B38

monochromatic

#1C6C58 #299D7F #38CBA5 #69D8BB #99E4D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#38CBA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.25

#38CBA5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38CBA5

10.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38CBA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38CBA5	1.00	2.05	10.25	10.25
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5BDA3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2AFA8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CDC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38cba5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 203, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.134 171.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83dcbf',
    500: '#38cba5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38cba5;
$custom-light: #83dcbf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38cba5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 164.49,
    "s": 58.566,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75667,
    "c": 0.13367,
    "h": 171.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.46269
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38CBA5

secondary

#D08FA0

accent

#466EE2

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FBF7

border

#CBD4D0

text

#0C1512

muted

#7D8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #38CBA5

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

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