#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
RGB	rgb(56, 206, 161)
HSL	hsl(162, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(162, 73%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.8%, 0%, 21.8%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.54, -49.34, 11.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.54, 50.62, 167.07°)
OKLab	oklab(76.31% -0.1369 0.029)
OKLCH	oklch(76.31% 0.14 168.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.1317, 47.5530, 41.3019)
Luminance	0.4756 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

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
##38CEA1	1.00	2.00	10.51	10.51
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #38CEA1

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

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