#38CBA7#38CBA7

#38CBA7 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.463; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.132 H 172.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38CBA7
RGB	rgb(56, 203, 167)
HSL	hsl(165, 59%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(165, 72%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.4%, 0%, 17.7%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.77, -46.64, 7.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.77, 47.17, 171.47°)
OKLab	oklab(75.72% -0.1312 0.0178)
OKLCH	oklch(75.72% 0.132 172.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.9583, 46.3391, 43.9172)
Luminance	0.4634 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38CBA7 #CB385C

analogous

#38CB5D #38CBA7 #38A5CB

triadic

#38CBA7 #A738CB #CBA738

tetradic

#38CBA7 #5D38CB #CB385C #A5CB38

square

#38CBA7 #5D38CB #CB385C #A5CB38

split-complementary

#38CBA7 #CB38A5 #CB5D38

monochromatic

#1C6C59 #299D80 #38CBA7 #69D8BC #99E4D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#38CBA7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.27

#38CBA7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38CBA7

10.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38CBA7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38CBA7	1.00	2.05	10.27	10.27
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5BEA5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1AFAA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CDC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38cba7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 203, 167);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.132 172.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83dcc1',
    500: '#38cba7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38cba7;
$custom-light: #83dcc1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38cba7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 167
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165.306,
    "s": 58.566,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75721,
    "c": 0.13238,
    "h": 172.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.46343
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38CBA7

secondary

#D08F9F

accent

#466CE2

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FBF7

border

#CBD4D0

text

#0C1512

muted

#7D8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #38CBA7

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

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