#38CEA9#38CEA9

#38CEA9 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.478; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.134 H 172.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38CEA9
RGB	rgb(56, 206, 169)
HSL	hsl(165, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(165, 73%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.8%, 0%, 18%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.73, -47.41, 7.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.73, 47.97, 171.25°)
OKLab	oklab(76.52% -0.1332 0.0185)
OKLCH	oklch(76.52% 0.134 172.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.8599, 47.8443, 45.1369)
Luminance	0.4785 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38CEA9 #CE385D

analogous

#38CE5E #38CEA9 #38A8CE

triadic

#38CEA9 #A938CE #CEA938

tetradic

#38CEA9 #5E38CE #CE385D #A8CE38

square

#38CEA9 #5E38CE #CE385D #A8CE38

split-complementary

#38CEA9 #CE38A8 #CE5E38

monochromatic

#1C705B #28A183 #38CEA9 #69DABE #9AE6D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#38CEA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.57

#38CEA9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38CEA9

10.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38CEA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38CEA9	1.00	1.99	10.57	10.57
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8C0A7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4B2AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D0C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38cea9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 206, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.134 172.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84dec2',
    500: '#38cea9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38cea9;
$custom-light: #84dec2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38cea9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165.2,
    "s": 60.484,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76524,
    "c": 0.13449,
    "h": 172.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.47848
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38CEA9

secondary

#D290A0

accent

#446CE4

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FBF7

border

#CBD4D0

text

#0C1512

muted

#7D8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #38CEA9

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

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