#38CBA8#38CBA8

#38CBA8 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.464; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.132 H 172.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38CBA8
RGB	rgb(56, 203, 168)
HSL	hsl(166, 59%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(166, 72%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.4%, 0%, 17.2%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.79, -46.40, 6.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.79, 46.85, 172.03°)
OKLab	oklab(75.75% -0.1307 0.0164)
OKLCH	oklch(75.75% 0.132 172.8)
XYZ	xyz(30.0511, 46.3762, 44.4059)
Luminance	0.4638 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38CBA8 #CB385B

analogous

#38CB5E #38CBA8 #38A5CB

triadic

#38CBA8 #A838CB #CBA838

tetradic

#38CBA8 #5E38CB #CB385B #A5CB38

square

#38CBA8 #5E38CB #CB385B #A5CB38

split-complementary

#38CBA8 #CB38A5 #CB5E38

monochromatic

#1C6C59 #299D81 #38CBA8 #69D8BD #99E4D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#38CBA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.28

#38CBA8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38CBA8

10.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38CBA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38CBA8	1.00	2.04	10.28	10.28
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4BEA6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1AFAA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CDC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38cba8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 203, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.132 172.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83dcc1',
    500: '#38cba8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38cba8;
$custom-light: #83dcc1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38cba8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165.714,
    "s": 58.566,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75749,
    "c": 0.13174,
    "h": 172.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.4638
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38CBA8

secondary

#D08F9E

accent

#466BE2

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FBF7

border

#CBD4D0

text

#0C1512

muted

#7D8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #38CBA8

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

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