#38CFA4#38CFA4

#38CFA4 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.481; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.139 H 169.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#38CFA4
RGBrgb(56, 207, 164)
HSLhsl(163, 61%, 52%)
HSVhsv(163, 73%, 81%)
CMYKcmyk(72.9%, 0%, 20.8%, 18.8%)
CIE-LABlab(74.92, -49.04, 10.25)
CIE-LCHlch(74.92, 50.10, 168.19°)
OKLaboklab(76.64% -0.1365 0.0262)
OKLCHoklch(76.64% 0.139 169.1)
XYZxyz(30.6410, 48.1431, 42.7924)
Luminance0.4815 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#38CFA4 #CF3863
analogous
#38CF59 #38CFA4 #38AFCF
triadic
#38CFA4 #A438CF #CFA438
tetradic
#38CFA4 #5938CF #CF3863 #AFCF38
square
#38CFA4 #5938CF #CF3863 #AFCF38
split-complementary
#38CFA4 #CF38AF #CF5938
monochromatic
#1B7159 #27A37F #38CFA4 #69DBBB #9BE7D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98
#38CFA4 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.63
#38CFA4 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38CFA4
10.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##38CFA4#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##38CFA41.001.9810.6310.63
#FFFFFF1.981.0021.0021.00
#00000010.6321.001.001.00
##00000010.6321.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#C9C1A2
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#B6B3A7
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00D0C3
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #38cfa4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 207, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.139 169.1);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84debf',
    500: '#38cfa4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #38cfa4;
$custom-light: #84debf;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#38cfa4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 207,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 162.914,
    "s": 61.134,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7664,
    "c": 0.13902,
    "h": 169.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.48147
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#38CFA4
secondary
#D390A3
accent
#4471E4
background
#F8FDFB
surface
#F0FBF7
border
#CBD4D0
text
#0C1512
muted
#7D8381

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#38CFA4 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva