#38C8B7#38C8B7

#38C8B7 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.456; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.121 H 183.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C8B7
RGB	rgb(56, 200, 183)
HSL	hsl(173, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(173, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(72%, 0%, 8.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.26, -41.21, -2.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.26, 41.28, 183.32°)
OKLab	oklab(75.45% -0.1208 -0.0071)
OKLCH	oklch(75.45% 0.121 183.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.8283, 45.5645, 51.9606)
Luminance	0.4557 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C8B7 #C83849

analogous

#38C86F #38C8B7 #3891C8

triadic

#38C8B7 #B738C8 #C8B738

tetradic

#38C8B7 #6F38C8 #C83849 #91C838

square

#38C8B7 #6F38C8 #C83849 #91C838

split-complementary

#38C8B7 #C83891 #C86F38

monochromatic

#1D6960 #2A998C #38C8B7 #68D5C8 #98E3DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#38C8B7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.11

#38C8B7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C8B7

10.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C8B7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C8B7	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)

#BEBCB6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAAEB9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CCC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c8b7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 200, 183);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.121 183.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84d9cc',
    500: '#38c8b7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c8b7;
$custom-light: #84d9cc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c8b7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 183
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.917,
    "s": 56.693,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75446,
    "c": 0.12105,
    "h": 183.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.45568
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C8B7

secondary

#CE8E95

accent

#485AE0

background

#F8FDFC

surface

#F0FAF8

border

#CBD3D1

text

#0C1513

muted

#7D8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C8B7

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

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