#38CBAD#38CBAD

#38CBAD is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.466; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.129 H 175.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38CBAD
RGB	rgb(56, 203, 173)
HSL	hsl(168, 59%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(168, 72%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.4%, 0%, 14.8%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.91, -45.14, 3.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.91, 45.31, 174.97°)
OKLab	oklab(75.89% -0.1284 0.0098)
OKLCH	oklch(75.89% 0.129 175.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.5258, 46.5661, 46.9064)
Luminance	0.4657 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38CBAD #CB3856

analogous

#38CB63 #38CBAD #389FCB

triadic

#38CBAD #AD38CB #CBAD38

tetradic

#38CBAD #6338CB #CB3856 #9FCB38

square

#38CBAD #6338CB #CB3856 #9FCB38

split-complementary

#38CBAD #CB389F #CB6338

monochromatic

#1C6C5C #299D85 #38CBAD #69D8C1 #99E4D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#38CBAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.31

#38CBAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38CBAD

10.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38CBAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38CBAD	1.00	2.04	10.31	10.31
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4BEAC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0B0AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CEC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38cbad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 203, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.129 175.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84dbc5',
    500: '#38cbad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38cbad;
$custom-light: #84dbc5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38cbad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 167.755,
    "s": 58.566,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75889,
    "c": 0.12876,
    "h": 175.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.4657
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38CBAD

secondary

#D08F9C

accent

#4666E2

background

#F8FDFC

surface

#F0FBF8

border

#CBD4D1

text

#0C1512

muted

#7D8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #38CBAD

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

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