#38C8B5#38C8B5

#38C8B5 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.455; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.122 H 182.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C8B5
RGB	rgb(56, 200, 181)
HSL	hsl(172, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(172, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(72%, 0%, 9.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.21, -41.75, -1.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.21, 41.77, 181.90°)
OKLab	oklab(75.38% -0.1217 -0.0044)
OKLCH	oklch(75.38% 0.122 182.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.6216, 45.4819, 50.8721)
Luminance	0.4549 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C8B5 #C8384B

analogous

#38C86D #38C8B5 #3893C8

triadic

#38C8B5 #B538C8 #C8B538

tetradic

#38C8B5 #6D38C8 #C8384B #93C838

square

#38C8B5 #6D38C8 #C8384B #93C838

split-complementary

#38C8B5 #C83893 #C86D38

monochromatic

#1D695F #2A998A #38C8B5 #68D5C7 #98E3D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#38C8B5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.10

#38C8B5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C8B5

10.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C8B5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C8B5	1.00	2.08	10.10	10.10
#FFFFFF	2.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFBCB4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABAEB7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CCC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c8b5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 200, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.122 182.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84d9cb',
    500: '#38c8b5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c8b5;
$custom-light: #84d9cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c8b5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.083,
    "s": 56.693,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75384,
    "c": 0.12183,
    "h": 182.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.45486
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C8B5

secondary

#CE8E96

accent

#485CE0

background

#F8FDFC

surface

#F0FAF8

border

#CBD3D1

text

#0C1513

muted

#7D8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C8B5

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

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