#38CCB4#38CCB4

#38CCB4 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.473; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.126 H 179.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38CCB4
RGB	rgb(56, 204, 180)
HSL	hsl(170, 59%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(170, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.5%, 0%, 11.8%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.39, -43.76, 0.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.39, 43.77, 178.84°)
OKLab	oklab(76.34% -0.1262 0.0017)
OKLCH	oklch(76.34% 0.126 179.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.4579, 47.3180, 50.6465)
Luminance	0.4732 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38CCB4 #CC3850

analogous

#38CC6A #38CCB4 #389ACC

triadic

#38CCB4 #B438CC #CCB438

tetradic

#38CCB4 #6A38CC #CC3850 #9ACC38

square

#38CCB4 #6A38CC #CC3850 #9ACC38

split-complementary

#38CCB4 #CC389A #CC6A38

monochromatic

#1C6E60 #299E8B #38CCB4 #69D8C6 #99E5D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#38CCB4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.46

#38CCB4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38CCB4

10.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38CCB4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38CCB4	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)

#C3C0B3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFB1B6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CFC5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38ccb4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 204, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.126 179.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84dcca',
    500: '#38ccb4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38ccb4;
$custom-light: #84dcca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38ccb4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.27,
    "s": 59.2,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76341,
    "c": 0.12618,
    "h": 179.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.47322
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38CCB4

secondary

#D18F9A

accent

#455FE2

background

#F8FDFC

surface

#F0FBF8

border

#CBD4D1

text

#0C1513

muted

#7D8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #38CCB4

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

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