#38CEAD#38CEAD

#38CEAD is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.480; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.132 H 174.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38CEAD
RGB	rgb(56, 206, 173)
HSL	hsl(167, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(167, 73%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.8%, 0%, 16%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.82, -46.41, 5.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.82, 46.71, 173.50°)
OKLab	oklab(76.63% -0.1314 0.0133)
OKLCH	oklch(76.63% 0.132 174.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.2412, 47.9968, 47.1449)
Luminance	0.4800 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38CEAD #CE3859

analogous

#38CE62 #38CEAD #38A4CE

triadic

#38CEAD #AD38CE #CEAD38

tetradic

#38CEAD #6238CE #CE3859 #A4CE38

square

#38CEAD #6238CE #CE3859 #A4CE38

split-complementary

#38CEAD #CE38A4 #CE6238

monochromatic

#1C705D #28A186 #38CEAD #69DAC1 #9AE6D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#38CEAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.60

#38CEAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38CEAD

10.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38CEAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38CEAD	1.00	1.98	10.60	10.60
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7C1AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3B2AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D0C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38cead;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 206, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.132 174.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84dec5',
    500: '#38cead',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38cead;
$custom-light: #84dec5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38cead",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.8,
    "s": 60.484,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76634,
    "c": 0.13203,
    "h": 174.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.48
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38CEAD

secondary

#D2909E

accent

#4467E4

background

#F8FDFC

surface

#F0FBF8

border

#CBD4D1

text

#0C1512

muted

#7D8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #38CEAD

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

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