#38CCA0#38CCA0

#38CCA0 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.466; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.138 H 168.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38CCA0
RGB	rgb(56, 204, 160)
HSL	hsl(162, 59%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(162, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.5%, 0%, 21.6%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.91, -48.75, 10.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.91, 49.97, 167.32°)
OKLab	oklab(75.78% -0.1354 0.028)
OKLCH	oklch(75.78% 0.138 168.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.5655, 46.5611, 40.6799)
Luminance	0.4657 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38CCA0 #CC3864

analogous

#38CC56 #38CCA0 #38AECC

triadic

#38CCA0 #A038CC #CCA038

tetradic

#38CCA0 #5638CC #CC3864 #AECC38

square

#38CCA0 #5638CC #CC3864 #AECC38

split-complementary

#38CCA0 #CC38AE #CC5638

monochromatic

#1C6E55 #299E7B #38CCA0 #69D8B7 #99E5CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#38CCA0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.31

#38CCA0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38CCA0

10.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38CCA0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38CCA0	1.00	2.04	10.31	10.31
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7BE9E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4B0A3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CDC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38cca0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 204, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.138 168.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83dcbc',
    500: '#38cca0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38cca0;
$custom-light: #83dcbc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38cca0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 162.162,
    "s": 59.2,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75784,
    "c": 0.1383,
    "h": 168.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.46565
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38CCA0

secondary

#D18FA3

accent

#4574E2

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FBF6

border

#CBD4D0

text

#0C1512

muted

#7D8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #38CCA0

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

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