#38CEA1#38CEA1

#38CEA1 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.476; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.140 H 168.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#38CEA1
RGBrgb(56, 206, 161)
HSLhsl(162, 60%, 51%)
HSVhsv(162, 73%, 81%)
CMYKcmyk(72.8%, 0%, 21.8%, 19.2%)
CIE-LABlab(74.54, -49.34, 11.33)
CIE-LCHlch(74.54, 50.62, 167.07°)
OKLaboklab(76.31% -0.1369 0.029)
OKLCHoklch(76.31% 0.14 168.1)
XYZxyz(30.1317, 47.5530, 41.3019)
Luminance0.4756 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#38CEA1 #CE3865
analogous
#38CE56 #38CEA1 #38B0CE
triadic
#38CEA1 #A138CE #CEA138
tetradic
#38CEA1 #5638CE #CE3865 #B0CE38
square
#38CEA1 #5638CE #CE3865 #B0CE38
split-complementary
#38CEA1 #CE38B0 #CE5638
monochromatic
#1C7057 #28A17D #38CEA1 #69DAB8 #9AE6CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00
#38CEA1 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.51
#38CEA1 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38CEA1
10.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##38CEA1#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##38CEA11.002.0010.5110.51
#FFFFFF2.001.0021.0021.00
#00000010.5121.001.001.00
##00000010.5121.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#C9C09F
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#B5B2A4
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00CFC1
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #38cea1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 206, 161);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.140 168.1);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84debc',
    500: '#38cea1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #38cea1;
$custom-light: #84debc;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#38cea1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 161
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 162,
    "s": 60.484,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76312,
    "c": 0.13997,
    "h": 168.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.47557
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#38CEA1
secondary
#D290A4
accent
#4474E4
background
#F8FDFB
surface
#F0FBF6
border
#CBD4D0
text
#0C1512
muted
#7D8381

Preview Lab

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#38CEA1 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva