#38CABC#38CABC

#38CABC is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.467; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.121 H 185.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38CABC
RGB	rgb(56, 202, 188)
HSL	hsl(174, 58%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(174, 72%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.3%, 0%, 6.9%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.00, -40.75, -4.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.00, 40.94, 185.62°)
OKLab	oklab(76.1% -0.1206 -0.0115)
OKLCH	oklch(76.1% 0.121 185.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.8242, 46.7089, 54.9057)
Luminance	0.4671 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38CABC #CA3846

analogous

#38CA73 #38CABC #388FCA

triadic

#38CABC #BC38CA #CABC38

tetradic

#38CABC #7338CA #CA3846 #8FCA38

square

#38CABC #7338CA #CA3846 #8FCA38

split-complementary

#38CABC #CA388F #CA7338

monochromatic

#1D6B64 #299B90 #38CABC #68D7CC #99E4DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#38CABC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.34

#38CABC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38CABC

10.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38CABC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38CABC	1.00	2.03	10.34	10.34
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0BFBC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABB0BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CFC5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38cabc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 202, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.121 185.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85dbd0',
    500: '#38cabc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38cabc;
$custom-light: #85dbd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38cabc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.247,
    "s": 57.937,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76095,
    "c": 0.12112,
    "h": 185.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.46713
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38CABC

secondary

#CF8E95

accent

#4755E1

background

#F8FDFC

surface

#F0FBF9

border

#CBD4D2

text

#0D1513

muted

#7D8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #38CABC

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

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