#38C8B6#38C8B6

#38C8B6 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.455; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.121 H 182.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C8B6
RGB	rgb(56, 200, 182)
HSL	hsl(173, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(173, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(72%, 0%, 9%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.23, -41.48, -1.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.23, 41.53, 182.61°)
OKLab	oklab(75.41% -0.1213 -0.0058)
OKLCH	oklch(75.41% 0.121 182.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.7246, 45.5231, 51.4144)
Luminance	0.4553 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C8B6 #C8384A

analogous

#38C86E #38C8B6 #3892C8

triadic

#38C8B6 #B638C8 #C8B638

tetradic

#38C8B6 #6E38C8 #C8384A #92C838

square

#38C8B6 #6E38C8 #C8384A #92C838

split-complementary

#38C8B6 #C83892 #C86E38

monochromatic

#1D695F #2A998B #38C8B6 #68D5C8 #98E3D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#38C8B6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.11

#38C8B6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C8B6

10.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C8B6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C8B6	1.00	2.08	10.11	10.11
#FFFFFF	2.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFBCB5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABAEB8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CCC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c8b6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 200, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.121 182.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84d9cb',
    500: '#38c8b6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c8b6;
$custom-light: #84d9cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c8b6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.5,
    "s": 56.693,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75414,
    "c": 0.12144,
    "h": 182.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.45527
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C8B6

secondary

#CE8E96

accent

#485BE0

background

#F8FDFC

surface

#F0FAF8

border

#CBD3D1

text

#0C1513

muted

#7D8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C8B6

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

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