#38CBA9#38CBA9

#38CBA9 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.464; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.131 H 173.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#38CBA9
RGBrgb(56, 203, 169)
HSLhsl(166, 59%, 51%)
HSVhsv(166, 72%, 80%)
CMYKcmyk(72.4%, 0%, 16.7%, 20.4%)
CIE-LABlab(73.81, -46.15, 5.99)
CIE-LCHlch(73.81, 46.53, 172.61°)
OKLaboklab(75.78% -0.1302 0.0151)
OKLCHoklch(75.78% 0.131 173.4)
XYZxyz(30.1446, 46.4136, 44.8984)
Luminance0.4642 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#38CBA9 #CB385A
analogous
#38CB5F #38CBA9 #38A4CB
triadic
#38CBA9 #A938CB #CBA938
tetradic
#38CBA9 #5F38CB #CB385A #A4CB38
square
#38CBA9 #5F38CB #CB385A #A4CB38
split-complementary
#38CBA9 #CB38A4 #CB5F38
monochromatic
#1C6C5A #299D82 #38CBA9 #69D8BE #99E4D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04
#38CBA9 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.28
#38CBA9 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38CBA9
10.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##38CBA9#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##38CBA91.002.0410.2810.28
#FFFFFF2.041.0021.0021.00
#00000010.2821.001.001.00
##00000010.2821.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#C4BEA7
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#B1B0AB
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00CDC1
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #38cba9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 203, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.131 173.4);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84dcc2',
    500: '#38cba9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #38cba9;
$custom-light: #84dcc2;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#38cba9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.122,
    "s": 58.566,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75776,
    "c": 0.13112,
    "h": 173.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.46417
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#38CBA9
secondary
#D08F9E
accent
#466AE2
background
#F8FDFB
surface
#F0FBF7
border
#CBD4D0
text
#0C1512
muted
#7D8381

Preview Lab

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#38CBA9 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva