#38CCB2#38CCB2

#38CCB2 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.472; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.127 H 178.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38CCB2
RGB	rgb(56, 204, 178)
HSL	hsl(169, 59%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(169, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.5%, 0%, 12.7%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.34, -44.28, 1.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.34, 44.32, 177.55°)
OKLab	oklab(76.28% -0.1271 0.0043)
OKLCH	oklch(76.28% 0.127 178.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.2556, 47.2371, 49.5812)
Luminance	0.4724 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38CCB2 #CC3852

analogous

#38CC68 #38CCB2 #389CCC

triadic

#38CCB2 #B238CC #CCB238

tetradic

#38CCB2 #6838CC #CC3852 #9CCC38

square

#38CCB2 #6838CC #CC3852 #9CCC38

split-complementary

#38CCB2 #CC389C #CC6838

monochromatic

#1C6E5F #299E8A #38CCB2 #69D8C5 #99E5D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#38CCB2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.45

#38CCB2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38CCB2

10.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38CCB2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38CCB2	1.00	2.01	10.45	10.45
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4BFB1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0B1B4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CFC4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38ccb2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 204, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.127 178.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84dcc9',
    500: '#38ccb2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38ccb2;
$custom-light: #84dcc9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38ccb2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.459,
    "s": 59.2,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76282,
    "c": 0.12715,
    "h": 178.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.47241
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38CCB2

secondary

#D18F9B

accent

#4561E2

background

#F8FDFC

surface

#F0FBF8

border

#CBD4D1

text

#0C1513

muted

#7D8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #38CCB2

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

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