#38CBB3#38CBB3

#38CBB3 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.468; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.126 H 179.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38CBB3
RGB	rgb(56, 203, 179)
HSL	hsl(170, 59%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(170, 72%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.4%, 0%, 11.8%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.06, -43.59, 0.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.06, 43.60, 178.75°)
OKLab	oklab(76.06% -0.1256 0.0018)
OKLCH	oklch(76.06% 0.126 179.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.1195, 46.8036, 50.0330)
Luminance	0.4681 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38CBB3 #CB3850

analogous

#38CB69 #38CBB3 #3899CB

triadic

#38CBB3 #B338CB #CBB338

tetradic

#38CBB3 #6938CB #CB3850 #99CB38

square

#38CBB3 #6938CB #CB3850 #99CB38

split-complementary

#38CBB3 #CB3899 #CB6938

monochromatic

#1C6C5F #299D8A #38CBB3 #69D8C6 #99E4D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#38CBB3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.36

#38CBB3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38CBB3

10.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38CBB3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38CBB3	1.00	2.03	10.36	10.36
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2BFB2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEB0B5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CEC4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38cbb3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 203, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.126 179.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84dbc9',
    500: '#38cbb3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38cbb3;
$custom-light: #84dbc9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38cbb3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.204,
    "s": 58.566,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76064,
    "c": 0.12565,
    "h": 179.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.46807
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38CBB3

secondary

#D08F99

accent

#465FE2

background

#F8FDFC

surface

#F0FBF8

border

#CBD4D1

text

#0C1513

muted

#7D8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #38CBB3

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

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