#38CCB3#38CCB3

#38CCB3 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.473; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.127 H 178.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38CCB3
RGB	rgb(56, 204, 179)
HSL	hsl(170, 59%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(170, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.5%, 0%, 12.3%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.37, -44.02, 1.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.37, 44.05, 178.19°)
OKLab	oklab(76.31% -0.1266 0.003)
OKLCH	oklch(76.31% 0.127 178.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.3564, 47.2774, 50.1120)
Luminance	0.4728 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38CCB3 #CC3851

analogous

#38CC69 #38CCB3 #389BCC

triadic

#38CCB3 #B338CC #CCB338

tetradic

#38CCB3 #6938CC #CC3851 #9BCC38

square

#38CCB3 #6938CC #CC3851 #9BCC38

split-complementary

#38CCB3 #CC389B #CC6938

monochromatic

#1C6E60 #299E8A #38CCB3 #69D8C6 #99E5D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#38CCB3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.46

#38CCB3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38CCB3

10.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38CCB3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38CCB3	1.00	2.01	10.46	10.46
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4BFB2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0B1B5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CFC4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38ccb3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 204, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.127 178.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84dcc9',
    500: '#38ccb3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38ccb3;
$custom-light: #84dcc9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38ccb3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.865,
    "s": 59.2,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76312,
    "c": 0.12666,
    "h": 178.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.47281
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38CCB3

secondary

#D18F9A

accent

#4560E2

background

#F8FDFC

surface

#F0FBF8

border

#CBD4D1

text

#0C1513

muted

#7D8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #38CCB3

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

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