#38CFA8#38CFA8

#38CFA8 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.483; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.136 H 171.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38CFA8
RGB	rgb(56, 207, 168)
HSL	hsl(165, 61%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(165, 73%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.9%, 0%, 18.8%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.01, -48.07, 8.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.01, 48.77, 170.28°)
OKLab	oklab(76.75% -0.1347 0.021)
OKLCH	oklch(76.75% 0.136 171.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.0079, 48.2899, 44.7249)
Luminance	0.4829 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38CFA8 #CF385F

analogous

#38CF5D #38CFA8 #38ABCF

triadic

#38CFA8 #A838CF #CFA838

tetradic

#38CFA8 #5D38CF #CF385F #ABCF38

square

#38CFA8 #5D38CF #CF385F #ABCF38

split-complementary

#38CFA8 #CF38AB #CF5D38

monochromatic

#1B715B #27A383 #38CFA8 #69DBBE #9BE7D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#38CFA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.66

#38CFA8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38CFA8

10.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38CFA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38CFA8	1.00	1.97	10.66	10.66
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9C1A6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5B3AB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D1C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38cfa8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 207, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.136 171.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84dec1',
    500: '#38cfa8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38cfa8;
$custom-light: #84dec1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38cfa8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 207,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 164.503,
    "s": 61.134,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76746,
    "c": 0.13629,
    "h": 171.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.48294
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38CFA8

secondary

#D390A1

accent

#446DE4

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FBF7

border

#CBD4D0

text

#0C1512

muted

#7D8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #38CFA8

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

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