#38CBA6#38CBA6

#38CBA6 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.463; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.133 H 171.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38CBA6
RGB	rgb(56, 203, 166)
HSL	hsl(165, 59%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(165, 72%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.4%, 0%, 18.2%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.74, -46.89, 7.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.74, 47.49, 170.91°)
OKLab	oklab(75.69% -0.1316 0.0191)
OKLCH	oklch(75.69% 0.133 171.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.8662, 46.3023, 43.4322)
Luminance	0.4631 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38CBA6 #CB385D

analogous

#38CB5C #38CBA6 #38A6CB

triadic

#38CBA6 #A638CB #CBA638

tetradic

#38CBA6 #5C38CB #CB385D #A6CB38

square

#38CBA6 #5C38CB #CB385D #A6CB38

split-complementary

#38CBA6 #CB38A6 #CB5C38

monochromatic

#1C6C58 #299D80 #38CBA6 #69D8BC #99E4D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#38CBA6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.26

#38CBA6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38CBA6

10.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38CBA6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38CBA6	1.00	2.05	10.26	10.26
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5BEA4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1AFA9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CDC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38cba6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 203, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.133 171.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83dcc0',
    500: '#38cba6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38cba6;
$custom-light: #83dcc0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38cba6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 164.898,
    "s": 58.566,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75694,
    "c": 0.13302,
    "h": 171.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.46306
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38CBA6

secondary

#D08F9F

accent

#466DE2

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FBF7

border

#CBD4D0

text

#0C1512

muted

#7D8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #38CBA6

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

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