#38CFA6#38CFA6

#38CFA6 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.482; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.138 H 170.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38CFA6
RGB	rgb(56, 207, 166)
HSL	hsl(164, 61%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(164, 73%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.9%, 0%, 19.8%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.96, -48.56, 9.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.96, 49.43, 169.22°)
OKLab	oklab(76.69% -0.1356 0.0236)
OKLCH	oklch(76.69% 0.138 170.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.8230, 48.2159, 43.7511)
Luminance	0.4822 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38CFA6 #CF3861

analogous

#38CF5B #38CFA6 #38ACCF

triadic

#38CFA6 #A638CF #CFA638

tetradic

#38CFA6 #5B38CF #CF3861 #ACCF38

square

#38CFA6 #5B38CF #CF3861 #ACCF38

split-complementary

#38CFA6 #CF38AC #CF5B38

monochromatic

#1B715A #27A381 #38CFA6 #69DBBC #9BE7D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#38CFA6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.64

#38CFA6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38CFA6

10.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38CFA6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38CFA6	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)

#C9C1A4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5B3A9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D0C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38cfa6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 207, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.138 170.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84dec0',
    500: '#38cfa6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38cfa6;
$custom-light: #84dec0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38cfa6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 207,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 163.709,
    "s": 61.134,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76692,
    "c": 0.13764,
    "h": 170.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.4822
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38CFA6

secondary

#D390A2

accent

#446FE4

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FBF7

border

#CBD4D0

text

#0C1512

muted

#7D8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #38CFA6

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

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