#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
RGB	rgb(56, 203, 169)
HSL	hsl(166, 59%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(166, 72%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.4%, 0%, 16.7%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.81, -46.15, 5.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.81, 46.53, 172.61°)
OKLab	oklab(75.78% -0.1302 0.0151)
OKLCH	oklch(75.78% 0.131 173.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.1446, 46.4136, 44.8984)
Luminance	0.4642 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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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
##38CBA9	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)

#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

Preview with #38CBA9

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

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