#38CFA0#38CFA0

#38CFA0 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.480; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.142 H 167.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#38CFA0
RGBrgb(56, 207, 160)
HSLhsl(161, 61%, 52%)
HSVhsv(161, 73%, 81%)
CMYKcmyk(72.9%, 0%, 22.7%, 18.8%)
CIE-LABlab(74.83, -49.98, 12.27)
CIE-LCHlch(74.83, 51.46, 166.21°)
OKLaboklab(76.54% -0.1384 0.0314)
OKLCHoklch(76.54% 0.142 167.2)
XYZxyz(30.2854, 48.0009, 40.9199)
Luminance0.4800 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#38CFA0 #CF3867
analogous
#38CF55 #38CFA0 #38B2CF
triadic
#38CFA0 #A038CF #CFA038
tetradic
#38CFA0 #5538CF #CF3867 #B2CF38
square
#38CFA0 #5538CF #CF3867 #B2CF38
split-complementary
#38CFA0 #CF38B2 #CF5538
monochromatic
#1B7157 #27A37C #38CFA0 #69DBB8 #9BE7CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98
#38CFA0 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.60
#38CFA0 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38CFA0
10.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##38CFA0#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##38CFA01.001.9810.6010.60
#FFFFFF1.981.0021.0021.00
#00000010.6021.001.001.00
##00000010.6021.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#CAC09E
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#B7B2A3
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00D0C2
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #38cfa0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 207, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.142 167.2);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84debc',
    500: '#38cfa0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #38cfa0;
$custom-light: #84debc;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#38cfa0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 207,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 161.325,
    "s": 61.134,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76537,
    "c": 0.14191,
    "h": 167.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.48004
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#38CFA0
secondary
#D390A5
accent
#4476E4
background
#F8FDFB
surface
#F0FBF6
border
#CBD4D0
text
#0C1512
muted
#7D8381

Preview Lab

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#38CFA0 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva