#38CCAF#38CCAF

#38CCAF is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.471; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.129 H 176.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38CCAF
RGB	rgb(56, 204, 175)
HSL	hsl(168, 59%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(168, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.5%, 0%, 14.2%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.27, -45.06, 3.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.27, 45.19, 175.68°)
OKLab	oklab(76.2% -0.1285 0.0083)
OKLCH	oklch(76.2% 0.129 176.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.9577, 47.1180, 48.0122)
Luminance	0.4712 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38CCAF #CC3855

analogous

#38CC65 #38CCAF #389FCC

triadic

#38CCAF #AF38CC #CCAF38

tetradic

#38CCAF #6538CC #CC3855 #9FCC38

square

#38CCAF #6538CC #CC3855 #9FCC38

split-complementary

#38CCAF #CC389F #CC6538

monochromatic

#1C6E5E #299E87 #38CCAF #69D8C3 #99E5D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#38CCAF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.42

#38CCAF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38CCAF

10.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38CCAF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38CCAF	1.00	2.01	10.42	10.42
#FFFFFF	2.01	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)

#C4BFAE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0B1B1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CFC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38ccaf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 204, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.129 176.3);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38ccaf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.243,
    "s": 59.2,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76195,
    "c": 0.12873,
    "h": 176.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.47122
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38CCAF

secondary

#D18F9C

accent

#4564E2

background

#F8FDFC

surface

#F0FBF8

border

#CBD4D1

text

#0C1513

muted

#7D8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #38CCAF

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

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