#38CABF#38CABF

#38CABF is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.468; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.120 H 187.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38CABF
RGB	rgb(56, 202, 191)
HSL	hsl(175, 58%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(175, 72%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.3%, 0%, 5.4%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.09, -39.92, -5.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.09, 40.30, 187.86°)
OKLab	oklab(76.19% -0.1192 -0.0156)
OKLCH	oklch(76.19% 0.12 187.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.1509, 46.8396, 56.6266)
Luminance	0.4684 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38CABF #CA3843

analogous

#38CA76 #38CABF #388CCA

triadic

#38CABF #BF38CA #CABF38

tetradic

#38CABF #7638CA #CA3843 #8CCA38

square

#38CABF #7638CA #CA3843 #8CCA38

split-complementary

#38CABF #CA388C #CA7638

monochromatic

#1D6B65 #299B93 #38CABF #68D7CF #99E4DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#38CABF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.37

#38CABF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38CABF

10.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38CABF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38CABF	1.00	2.03	10.37	10.37
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFBFBF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAB0C0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CFC6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38cabf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 202, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.120 187.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85dbd2',
    500: '#38cabf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38cabf;
$custom-light: #85dbd2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38cabf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.479,
    "s": 57.937,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76191,
    "c": 0.12024,
    "h": 187.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.46843
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38CABF

secondary

#CF8E93

accent

#4752E1

background

#F8FDFC

surface

#F0FBF9

border

#CBD4D2

text

#0D1514

muted

#7D8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #38CABF

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

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