#38C8BA#38C8BA

#38C8BA is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.457; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.120 H 185.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C8BA
RGB	rgb(56, 200, 186)
HSL	hsl(174, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(174, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(72%, 0%, 7%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.34, -40.40, -3.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.34, 40.59, 185.51°)
OKLab	oklab(75.54% -0.1195 -0.0112)
OKLCH	oklch(75.54% 0.12 185.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.1439, 45.6908, 53.6227)
Luminance	0.4569 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C8BA #C83846

analogous

#38C872 #38C8BA #388EC8

triadic

#38C8BA #BA38C8 #C8BA38

tetradic

#38C8BA #7238C8 #C83846 #8EC838

square

#38C8BA #7238C8 #C83846 #8EC838

split-complementary

#38C8BA #C8388E #C87238

monochromatic

#1D6961 #2A998E #38C8BA #68D5CB #98E3DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#38C8BA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.14

#38C8BA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C8BA

10.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C8BA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C8BA	1.00	2.07	10.14	10.14
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEBDBA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAAEBC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CCC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c8ba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 200, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.120 185.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84d9ce',
    500: '#38c8ba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c8ba;
$custom-light: #84d9ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c8ba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.167,
    "s": 56.693,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7554,
    "c": 0.12001,
    "h": 185.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.45694
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C8BA

secondary

#CE8E94

accent

#4857E0

background

#F8FDFC

surface

#F0FAF9

border

#CBD3D2

text

#0C1513

muted

#7D8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C8BA

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

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