#38C8B9#38C8B9

#38C8B9 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.457; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.120 H 184.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C8B9
RGB	rgb(56, 200, 185)
HSL	hsl(174, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(174, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(72%, 0%, 7.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.32, -40.67, -3.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.32, 40.81, 184.77°)
OKLab	oklab(75.51% -0.1199 -0.0098)
OKLCH	oklch(75.51% 0.12 184.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.0379, 45.6484, 53.0648)
Luminance	0.4565 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C8B9 #C83847

analogous

#38C871 #38C8B9 #388FC8

triadic

#38C8B9 #B938C8 #C8B938

tetradic

#38C8B9 #7138C8 #C83847 #8FC838

square

#38C8B9 #7138C8 #C83847 #8FC838

split-complementary

#38C8B9 #C8388F #C87138

monochromatic

#1D6961 #2A998D #38C8B9 #68D5CA #98E3DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#38C8B9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.13

#38C8B9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C8B9

10.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C8B9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C8B9	1.00	2.07	10.13	10.13
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEBDB9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAAEBB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CCC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c8b9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 200, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.120 184.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84d9ce',
    500: '#38c8b9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c8b9;
$custom-light: #84d9ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c8b9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.75,
    "s": 56.693,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75508,
    "c": 0.12034,
    "h": 184.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.45652
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C8B9

secondary

#CE8E94

accent

#4858E0

background

#F8FDFC

surface

#F0FAF9

border

#CBD3D2

text

#0C1513

muted

#7D8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C8B9

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

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