#38CBAB#38CBAB

#38CBAB is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.465; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.130 H 174.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38CBAB
RGB	rgb(56, 203, 171)
HSL	hsl(167, 59%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(167, 72%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.4%, 0%, 15.8%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.86, -45.65, 4.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.86, 45.92, 173.78°)
OKLab	oklab(75.83% -0.1293 0.0125)
OKLCH	oklch(75.83% 0.13 174.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.3338, 46.4893, 45.8948)
Luminance	0.4649 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38CBAB #CB3858

analogous

#38CB61 #38CBAB #38A1CB

triadic

#38CBAB #AB38CB #CBAB38

tetradic

#38CBAB #6138CB #CB3858 #A1CB38

square

#38CBAB #6138CB #CB3858 #A1CB38

split-complementary

#38CBAB #CB38A1 #CB6138

monochromatic

#1C6C5B #299D84 #38CBAB #69D8BF #99E4D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#38CBAB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.30

#38CBAB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38CBAB

10.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38CBAB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38CBAB	1.00	2.04	10.30	10.30
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4BEAA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0B0AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CDC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38cbab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 203, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.130 174.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84dbc4',
    500: '#38cbab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38cbab;
$custom-light: #84dbc4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38cbab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.939,
    "s": 58.566,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75832,
    "c": 0.12992,
    "h": 174.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.46493
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38CBAB

secondary

#D08F9D

accent

#4668E2

background

#F8FDFC

surface

#F0FBF8

border

#CBD4D1

text

#0C1512

muted

#7D8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #38CBAB

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

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