#38CBB2#38CBB2

#38CBB2 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.468; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.126 H 178.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38CBB2
RGB	rgb(56, 203, 178)
HSL	hsl(170, 59%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(170, 72%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.4%, 0%, 12.3%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.04, -43.85, 1.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.04, 43.88, 178.10°)
OKLab	oklab(76.04% -0.1261 0.0032)
OKLCH	oklch(76.04% 0.126 178.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.0187, 46.7633, 49.5023)
Luminance	0.4677 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38CBB2 #CB3851

analogous

#38CB68 #38CBB2 #389ACB

triadic

#38CBB2 #B238CB #CBB238

tetradic

#38CBB2 #6838CB #CB3851 #9ACB38

square

#38CBB2 #6838CB #CB3851 #9ACB38

split-complementary

#38CBB2 #CB389A #CB6838

monochromatic

#1C6C5F #299D89 #38CBB2 #69D8C5 #99E4D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#38CBB2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.35

#38CBB2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38CBB2

10.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38CBB2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38CBB2	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)

#C3BFB1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFB0B4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CEC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38cbb2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 203, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.126 178.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84dbc9',
    500: '#38cbb2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38cbb2;
$custom-light: #84dbc9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38cbb2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.796,
    "s": 58.566,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76035,
    "c": 0.12613,
    "h": 178.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.46767
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38CBB2

secondary

#D08F9A

accent

#4661E2

background

#F8FDFC

surface

#F0FBF8

border

#CBD4D1

text

#0C1513

muted

#7D8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #38CBB2

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

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