#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
RGBrgb(56, 204, 180)
HSLhsl(170, 59%, 51%)
HSVhsv(170, 73%, 80%)
CMYKcmyk(72.5%, 0%, 11.8%, 20%)
CIE-LABlab(74.39, -43.76, 0.89)
CIE-LCHlch(74.39, 43.77, 178.84°)
OKLaboklab(76.34% -0.1262 0.0017)
OKLCHoklch(76.34% 0.126 179.3)
XYZxyz(31.4579, 47.3180, 50.6465)
Luminance0.4732 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

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
##38CCB41.002.0110.4610.46
#FFFFFF2.011.0021.0021.00
#00000010.4621.001.001.00
##00000010.4621.001.001.00

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

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#38CCB4 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva