#38CAAE#38CAAE

#38CAAE is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.461; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.127 H 176.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38CAAE
RGB	rgb(56, 202, 174)
HSL	hsl(168, 58%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(168, 72%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.3%, 0%, 13.9%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.63, -44.45, 3.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.63, 44.56, 176.11°)
OKLab	oklab(75.67% -0.1269 0.0073)
OKLCH	oklch(75.67% 0.127 176.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.3876, 46.1342, 47.3395)
Luminance	0.4614 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38CAAE #CA3854

analogous

#38CA65 #38CAAE #389DCA

triadic

#38CAAE #AE38CA #CAAE38

tetradic

#38CAAE #6538CA #CA3854 #9DCA38

square

#38CAAE #6538CA #CA3854 #9DCA38

split-complementary

#38CAAE #CA389D #CA6538

monochromatic

#1D6B5C #299B86 #38CAAE #68D7C2 #99E4D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#38CAAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.23

#38CAAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38CAAE

10.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38CAAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38CAAE	1.00	2.05	10.23	10.23
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2BDAD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFAFB0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CDC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38caae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 202, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.127 176.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84dbc6',
    500: '#38caae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38caae;
$custom-light: #84dbc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38caae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.493,
    "s": 57.937,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7567,
    "c": 0.12715,
    "h": 176.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.46138
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38CAAE

secondary

#CF8E9B

accent

#4764E1

background

#F8FDFC

surface

#F0FBF8

border

#CBD4D1

text

#0C1513

muted

#7D8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #38CAAE

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

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