#38CAB6#38CAB6

#38CAB6 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.465; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.123 H 181.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38CAB6
RGB	rgb(56, 202, 182)
HSL	hsl(172, 58%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(172, 72%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.3%, 0%, 9.9%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.84, -42.36, -1.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.84, 42.38, 181.35°)
OKLab	oklab(75.91% -0.1233 -0.0034)
OKLCH	oklch(75.91% 0.123 181.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.1908, 46.4555, 51.5698)
Luminance	0.4646 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38CAB6 #CA384C

analogous

#38CA6D #38CAB6 #3895CA

triadic

#38CAB6 #B638CA #CAB638

tetradic

#38CAB6 #6D38CA #CA384C #95CA38

square

#38CAB6 #6D38CA #CA384C #95CA38

split-complementary

#38CAB6 #CA3895 #CA6D38

monochromatic

#1D6B60 #299B8C #38CAB6 #68D7C8 #99E4D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#38CAB6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.29

#38CAB6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38CAB6

10.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38CAB6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38CAB6	1.00	2.04	10.29	10.29
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1BEB5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADAFB8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CEC4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38cab6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 202, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.123 181.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84dbcb',
    500: '#38cab6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38cab6;
$custom-light: #84dbcb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38cab6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.781,
    "s": 57.937,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75908,
    "c": 0.12333,
    "h": 181.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.46459
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38CAB6

secondary

#CF8E97

accent

#475CE1

background

#F8FDFC

surface

#F0FBF8

border

#CBD4D1

text

#0C1513

muted

#7D8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #38CAB6

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

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