#38CBB1#38CBB1

#38CBB1 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.467; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.127 H 178.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38CBB1
RGB	rgb(56, 203, 177)
HSL	hsl(169, 59%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(169, 72%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.4%, 0%, 12.8%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.01, -44.11, 1.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.01, 44.16, 177.46°)
OKLab	oklab(76.01% -0.1265 0.0045)
OKLCH	oklch(76.01% 0.127 178)
XYZ	xyz(30.9187, 46.7233, 48.9754)
Luminance	0.4673 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38CBB1 #CB3852

analogous

#38CB67 #38CBB1 #389BCB

triadic

#38CBB1 #B138CB #CBB138

tetradic

#38CBB1 #6738CB #CB3852 #9BCB38

square

#38CBB1 #6738CB #CB3852 #9BCB38

split-complementary

#38CBB1 #CB389B #CB6738

monochromatic

#1C6C5E #299D88 #38CBB1 #69D8C4 #99E4D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#38CBB1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.35

#38CBB1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38CBB1

10.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38CBB1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38CBB1	1.00	2.03	10.35	10.35
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3BEB0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFB0B3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CEC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38cbb1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 203, 177);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.127 178.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84dbc8',
    500: '#38cbb1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38cbb1;
$custom-light: #84dbc8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38cbb1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 177
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.388,
    "s": 58.566,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76005,
    "c": 0.12663,
    "h": 178
  },
  "luminance": 0.46727
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38CBB1

secondary

#D08F9A

accent

#4662E2

background

#F8FDFC

surface

#F0FBF8

border

#CBD4D1

text

#0C1513

muted

#7D8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #38CBB1

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

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