#38CBB4#38CBB4

#38CBB4 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.468; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.125 H 179.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38CBB4
RGB	rgb(56, 203, 180)
HSL	hsl(171, 59%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(171, 72%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.4%, 0%, 11.3%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.09, -43.33, 0.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.09, 43.33, 179.41°)
OKLab	oklab(76.09% -0.1252 0.0005)
OKLCH	oklch(76.09% 0.125 179.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.2210, 46.8442, 50.5676)
Luminance	0.4685 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38CBB4 #CB384F

analogous

#38CB6A #38CBB4 #3899CB

triadic

#38CBB4 #B438CB #CBB438

tetradic

#38CBB4 #6A38CB #CB384F #99CB38

square

#38CBB4 #6A38CB #CB384F #99CB38

split-complementary

#38CBB4 #CB3899 #CB6A38

monochromatic

#1C6C60 #299D8B #38CBB4 #69D8C6 #99E4D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#38CBB4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.37

#38CBB4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38CBB4

10.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38CBB4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38CBB4	1.00	2.03	10.37	10.37
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2BFB3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEB0B6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CEC4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38cbb4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 203, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.125 179.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84dbca',
    500: '#38cbb4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38cbb4;
$custom-light: #84dbca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38cbb4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.612,
    "s": 58.566,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76094,
    "c": 0.12518,
    "h": 179.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.46848
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38CBB4

secondary

#D08F99

accent

#465EE2

background

#F8FDFC

surface

#F0FBF8

border

#CBD4D1

text

#0C1513

muted

#7D8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #38CBB4

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

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