#38CFA9#38CFA9

#38CFA9 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.483; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.136 H 171.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38CFA9
RGB	rgb(56, 207, 169)
HSL	hsl(165, 61%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(165, 73%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.9%, 0%, 18.4%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.03, -47.83, 7.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.03, 48.45, 170.81°)
OKLab	oklab(76.77% -0.1342 0.0197)
OKLCH	oklch(76.77% 0.136 171.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.1014, 48.3273, 45.2174)
Luminance	0.4833 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38CFA9 #CF385E

analogous

#38CF5E #38CFA9 #38AACF

triadic

#38CFA9 #A938CF #CFA938

tetradic

#38CFA9 #5E38CF #CF385E #AACF38

square

#38CFA9 #5E38CF #CF385E #AACF38

split-complementary

#38CFA9 #CF38AA #CF5E38

monochromatic

#1B715C #27A384 #38CFA9 #69DBBE #9BE7D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#38CFA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.67

#38CFA9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38CFA9

10.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38CFA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38CFA9	1.00	1.97	10.67	10.67
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9C1A7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5B3AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D1C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38cfa9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 207, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.136 171.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84dec2',
    500: '#38cfa9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38cfa9;
$custom-light: #84dec2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38cfa9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 207,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 164.901,
    "s": 61.134,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76773,
    "c": 0.13564,
    "h": 171.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.48331
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38CFA9

secondary

#D390A1

accent

#446CE4

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FBF7

border

#CBD4D0

text

#0C1512

muted

#7D8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #38CFA9

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

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