#38CBB0#38CBB0

#38CBB0 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.467; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.127 H 177.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38CBB0
RGB	rgb(56, 203, 176)
HSL	hsl(169, 59%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(169, 72%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.4%, 0%, 13.3%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.99, -44.37, 2.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.99, 44.44, 176.83°)
OKLab	oklab(75.98% -0.127 0.0058)
OKLCH	oklch(75.98% 0.127 177.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.8194, 46.6836, 48.4524)
Luminance	0.4669 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38CBB0 #CB3853

analogous

#38CB66 #38CBB0 #389CCB

triadic

#38CBB0 #B038CB #CBB038

tetradic

#38CBB0 #6638CB #CB3853 #9CCB38

square

#38CBB0 #6638CB #CB3853 #9CCB38

split-complementary

#38CBB0 #CB389C #CB6638

monochromatic

#1C6C5E #299D88 #38CBB0 #69D8C3 #99E4D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#38CBB0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.34

#38CBB0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38CBB0

10.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38CBB0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38CBB0	1.00	2.03	10.34	10.34
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3BEAF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFB0B2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CEC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38cbb0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 203, 176);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.127 177.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84dbc7',
    500: '#38cbb0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38cbb0;
$custom-light: #84dbc7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38cbb0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 176
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.98,
    "s": 58.566,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75976,
    "c": 0.12714,
    "h": 177.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.46687
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38CBB0

secondary

#D08F9B

accent

#4663E2

background

#F8FDFC

surface

#F0FBF8

border

#CBD4D1

text

#0C1513

muted

#7D8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #38CBB0

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

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