#38CBAA#38CBAA

#38CBAA is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.465; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.131 H 173.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38CBAA
RGB	rgb(56, 203, 170)
HSL	hsl(167, 59%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(167, 72%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.4%, 0%, 16.3%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.84, -45.90, 5.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.84, 46.22, 173.19°)
OKLab	oklab(75.8% -0.1298 0.0138)
OKLCH	oklch(75.8% 0.131 173.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.2388, 46.4513, 45.3947)
Luminance	0.4646 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38CBAA #CB3859

analogous

#38CB60 #38CBAA #38A2CB

triadic

#38CBAA #AA38CB #CBAA38

tetradic

#38CBAA #6038CB #CB3859 #A2CB38

square

#38CBAA #6038CB #CB3859 #A2CB38

split-complementary

#38CBAA #CB38A2 #CB6038

monochromatic

#1C6C5A #299D83 #38CBAA #69D8BF #99E4D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#38CBAA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.29

#38CBAA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38CBAA

10.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38CBAA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38CBAA	1.00	2.04	10.29	10.29
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4BEA8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0B0AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CDC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38cbaa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 203, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.131 173.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84dbc3',
    500: '#38cbaa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38cbaa;
$custom-light: #84dbc3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38cbaa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.531,
    "s": 58.566,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75804,
    "c": 0.13051,
    "h": 173.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.46455
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38CBAA

secondary

#D08F9D

accent

#4669E2

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FBF7

border

#CBD4D0

text

#0C1512

muted

#7D8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #38CBAA

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

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