#38CABD#38CABD

#38CABD is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.468; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.121 H 186.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38CABD
RGB	rgb(56, 202, 189)
HSL	hsl(175, 58%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(175, 72%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.3%, 0%, 6.4%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.03, -40.47, -4.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.03, 40.72, 186.36°)
OKLab	oklab(76.13% -0.1201 -0.0129)
OKLCH	oklch(76.13% 0.121 186.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.9324, 46.7521, 55.4754)
Luminance	0.4676 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38CABD #CA3845

analogous

#38CA74 #38CABD #388ECA

triadic

#38CABD #BD38CA #CABD38

tetradic

#38CABD #7438CA #CA3845 #8ECA38

square

#38CABD #7438CA #CA3845 #8ECA38

split-complementary

#38CABD #CA388E #CA7438

monochromatic

#1D6B64 #299B91 #38CABD #68D7CD #99E4DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#38CABD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.35

#38CABD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38CABD

10.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38CABD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38CABD	1.00	2.03	10.35	10.35
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFBFBD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABB0BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CFC6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38cabd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 202, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.121 186.1);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38cabd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.658,
    "s": 57.937,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76127,
    "c": 0.12081,
    "h": 186.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.46756
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38CABD

secondary

#CF8E94

accent

#4754E1

background

#F8FDFC

surface

#F0FBF9

border

#CBD4D2

text

#0D1514

muted

#7D8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #38CABD

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

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