#38CFA5#38CFA5

#38CFA5 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.482; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.138 H 169.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38CFA5
RGB	rgb(56, 207, 165)
HSL	hsl(163, 61%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(163, 73%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.9%, 0%, 20.3%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.94, -48.80, 9.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.94, 49.76, 168.70°)
OKLab	oklab(76.67% -0.1361 0.0249)
OKLCH	oklch(76.67% 0.138 169.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.7316, 48.1794, 43.2699)
Luminance	0.4818 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38CFA5 #CF3862

analogous

#38CF5A #38CFA5 #38AECF

triadic

#38CFA5 #A538CF #CFA538

tetradic

#38CFA5 #5A38CF #CF3862 #AECF38

square

#38CFA5 #5A38CF #CF3862 #AECF38

split-complementary

#38CFA5 #CF38AE #CF5A38

monochromatic

#1B7159 #27A380 #38CFA5 #69DBBB #9BE7D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#38CFA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.64

#38CFA5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38CFA5

10.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38CFA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38CFA5	1.00	1.97	10.64	10.64
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9C1A3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6B3A8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D0C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38cfa5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 207, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.138 169.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84debf',
    500: '#38cfa5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38cfa5;
$custom-light: #84debf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38cfa5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 207,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 163.311,
    "s": 61.134,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76666,
    "c": 0.13832,
    "h": 169.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.48183
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38CFA5

secondary

#D390A3

accent

#4470E4

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FBF7

border

#CBD4D0

text

#0C1512

muted

#7D8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #38CFA5

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

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