#38CBAE#38CBAE

#38CBAE is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.466; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.128 H 176.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38CBAE
RGB	rgb(56, 203, 174)
HSL	hsl(168, 59%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(168, 72%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.4%, 0%, 14.3%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.94, -44.88, 3.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.94, 45.02, 175.58°)
OKLab	oklab(75.92% -0.1279 0.0085)
OKLCH	oklch(75.92% 0.128 176.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.6230, 46.6050, 47.4179)
Luminance	0.4661 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38CBAE #CB3855

analogous

#38CB64 #38CBAE #389FCB

triadic

#38CBAE #AE38CB #CBAE38

tetradic

#38CBAE #6438CB #CB3855 #9FCB38

square

#38CBAE #6438CB #CB3855 #9FCB38

split-complementary

#38CBAE #CB389F #CB6438

monochromatic

#1C6C5D #299D86 #38CBAE #69D8C2 #99E4D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#38CBAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.32

#38CBAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38CBAE

10.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38CBAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38CBAE	1.00	2.03	10.32	10.32
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3BEAD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0B0B0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CEC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38cbae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 203, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.128 176.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84dbc6',
    500: '#38cbae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38cbae;
$custom-light: #84dbc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38cbae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.163,
    "s": 58.566,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75918,
    "c": 0.12821,
    "h": 176.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.46609
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38CBAE

secondary

#D08F9C

accent

#4665E2

background

#F8FDFC

surface

#F0FBF8

border

#CBD4D1

text

#0C1513

muted

#7D8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #38CBAE

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

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