#38CAAB#38CAAB

#38CAAB is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.460; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.129 H 175.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38CAAB
RGB	rgb(56, 202, 171)
HSL	hsl(167, 58%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(167, 72%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.3%, 0%, 15.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.56, -45.22, 4.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.56, 45.45, 174.27°)
OKLab	oklab(75.58% -0.1283 0.0113)
OKLCH	oklch(75.58% 0.129 175)
XYZ	xyz(30.0984, 46.0185, 45.8164)
Luminance	0.4602 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38CAAB #CA3857

analogous

#38CA62 #38CAAB #38A0CA

triadic

#38CAAB #AB38CA #CAAB38

tetradic

#38CAAB #6238CA #CA3857 #A0CA38

square

#38CAAB #6238CA #CA3857 #A0CA38

split-complementary

#38CAAB #CA38A0 #CA6238

monochromatic

#1D6B5A #299B83 #38CAAB #68D7BF #99E4D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#38CAAB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.20

#38CAAB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38CAAB

10.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38CAAB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38CAAB	1.00	2.06	10.20	10.20
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3BDAA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFAFAD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CCC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38caab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 202, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.129 175.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83dbc4',
    500: '#38caab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38caab;
$custom-light: #83dbc4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38caab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 167.26,
    "s": 57.937,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75583,
    "c": 0.12883,
    "h": 175
  },
  "luminance": 0.46022
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38CAAB

secondary

#CF8E9C

accent

#4767E1

background

#F8FDFC

surface

#F0FBF8

border

#CBD4D1

text

#0C1512

muted

#7D8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #38CAAB

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

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