#38CABB#38CABB

#38CABB is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.467; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.121 H 184.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38CABB
RGB	rgb(56, 202, 187)
HSL	hsl(174, 58%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(174, 72%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.3%, 0%, 7.4%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.98, -41.02, -3.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.98, 41.17, 184.89°)
OKLab	oklab(76.06% -0.121 -0.0101)
OKLCH	oklch(76.06% 0.121 184.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.7168, 46.6659, 54.3399)
Luminance	0.4667 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38CABB #CA3847

analogous

#38CA72 #38CABB #3890CA

triadic

#38CABB #BB38CA #CABB38

tetradic

#38CABB #7238CA #CA3847 #90CA38

square

#38CABB #7238CA #CA3847 #90CA38

split-complementary

#38CABB #CA3890 #CA7238

monochromatic

#1D6B63 #299B90 #38CABB #68D7CC #99E4DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#38CABB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.33

#38CABB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38CABB

10.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38CABB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38CABB	1.00	2.03	10.33	10.33
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0BFBB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABB0BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CEC5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38cabb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 202, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.121 184.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84dbcf',
    500: '#38cabb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38cabb;
$custom-light: #84dbcf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38cabb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.836,
    "s": 57.937,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76063,
    "c": 0.12144,
    "h": 184.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.4667
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38CABB

secondary

#CF8E95

accent

#4757E1

background

#F8FDFC

surface

#F0FBF9

border

#CBD4D2

text

#0D1513

muted

#7D8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #38CABB

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

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