#38CABE#38CABE

#38CABE is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.468; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.121 H 186.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38CABE
RGB	rgb(56, 202, 190)
HSL	hsl(175, 58%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(175, 72%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.3%, 0%, 5.9%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.06, -40.20, -5.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.06, 40.51, 187.11°)
OKLab	oklab(76.16% -0.1197 -0.0142)
OKLCH	oklch(76.16% 0.121 186.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.0413, 46.7957, 56.0490)
Luminance	0.4680 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38CABE #CA3844

analogous

#38CA75 #38CABE #388DCA

triadic

#38CABE #BE38CA #CABE38

tetradic

#38CABE #7538CA #CA3844 #8DCA38

square

#38CABE #7538CA #CA3844 #8DCA38

split-complementary

#38CABE #CA388D #CA7538

monochromatic

#1D6B65 #299B92 #38CABE #68D7CE #99E4DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#38CABE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.36

#38CABE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38CABE

10.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38CABE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38CABE	1.00	2.03	10.36	10.36
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFBFBE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABB0BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CFC6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38cabe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 202, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.121 186.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85dbd1',
    500: '#38cabe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38cabe;
$custom-light: #85dbd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38cabe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.068,
    "s": 57.937,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76159,
    "c": 0.12051,
    "h": 186.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.468
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38CABE

secondary

#CF8E94

accent

#4753E1

background

#F8FDFC

surface

#F0FBF9

border

#CBD4D2

text

#0D1514

muted

#7D8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #38CABE

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

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