#38CEAC#38CEAC

#38CEAC is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.480; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.133 H 173.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38CEAC
RGB	rgb(56, 206, 172)
HSL	hsl(166, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(166, 73%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.8%, 0%, 16.5%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.80, -46.66, 5.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.80, 47.02, 172.93°)
OKLab	oklab(76.61% -0.1318 0.0146)
OKLCH	oklch(76.61% 0.133 173.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.1448, 47.9582, 46.6372)
Luminance	0.4796 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38CEAC #CE385A

analogous

#38CE61 #38CEAC #38A5CE

triadic

#38CEAC #AC38CE #CEAC38

tetradic

#38CEAC #6138CE #CE385A #A5CE38

square

#38CEAC #6138CE #CE385A #A5CE38

split-complementary

#38CEAC #CE38A5 #CE6138

monochromatic

#1C705D #28A186 #38CEAC #69DAC0 #9AE6D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#38CEAC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.59

#38CEAC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38CEAC

10.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38CEAC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38CEAC	1.00	1.98	10.59	10.59
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7C1AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3B2AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D0C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38ceac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 206, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.133 173.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84dec4',
    500: '#38ceac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38ceac;
$custom-light: #84dec4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38ceac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.4,
    "s": 60.484,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76607,
    "c": 0.13263,
    "h": 173.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.47962
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38CEAC

secondary

#D2909F

accent

#4468E4

background

#F8FDFC

surface

#F0FBF8

border

#CBD4D1

text

#0C1512

muted

#7D8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #38CEAC

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

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