#38CCAE#38CCAE

#38CCAE is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.471; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.129 H 175.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38CCAE
RGB	rgb(56, 204, 174)
HSL	hsl(168, 59%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(168, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.5%, 0%, 14.7%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.24, -45.31, 3.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.24, 45.48, 175.07°)
OKLab	oklab(76.17% -0.1289 0.0097)
OKLCH	oklch(76.17% 0.129 175.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.8599, 47.0788, 47.4969)
Luminance	0.4708 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38CCAE #CC3856

analogous

#38CC64 #38CCAE #38A0CC

triadic

#38CCAE #AE38CC #CCAE38

tetradic

#38CCAE #6438CC #CC3856 #A0CC38

square

#38CCAE #6438CC #CC3856 #A0CC38

split-complementary

#38CCAE #CC38A0 #CC6438

monochromatic

#1C6E5D #299E86 #38CCAE #69D8C2 #99E5D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#38CCAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.42

#38CCAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38CCAE

10.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38CCAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38CCAE	1.00	2.02	10.42	10.42
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4BFAD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1B1B0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CFC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38ccae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 204, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.129 175.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84dcc6',
    500: '#38ccae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38ccae;
$custom-light: #84dcc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38ccae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 167.838,
    "s": 59.2,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76166,
    "c": 0.12928,
    "h": 175.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.47082
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38CCAE

secondary

#D18F9C

accent

#4565E2

background

#F8FDFC

surface

#F0FBF8

border

#CBD4D1

text

#0C1513

muted

#7D8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #38CCAE

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

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