#38CEAE#38CEAE

#38CEAE is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.480; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.131 H 174.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38CEAE
RGB	rgb(56, 206, 174)
HSL	hsl(167, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(167, 73%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.8%, 0%, 15.5%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.85, -46.16, 4.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.85, 46.41, 174.09°)
OKLab	oklab(76.66% -0.1309 0.012)
OKLCH	oklch(76.66% 0.131 174.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.3383, 48.0356, 47.6564)
Luminance	0.4804 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38CEAE #CE3858

analogous

#38CE63 #38CEAE #38A3CE

triadic

#38CEAE #AE38CE #CEAE38

tetradic

#38CEAE #6338CE #CE3858 #A3CE38

square

#38CEAE #6338CE #CE3858 #A3CE38

split-complementary

#38CEAE #CE38A3 #CE6338

monochromatic

#1C705E #28A187 #38CEAE #69DAC2 #9AE6D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#38CEAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.61

#38CEAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38CEAE

10.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38CEAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38CEAE	1.00	1.98	10.61	10.61
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7C1AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3B2B0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D0C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38ceae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 206, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.131 174.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84dec6',
    500: '#38ceae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38ceae;
$custom-light: #84dec6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38ceae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 167.2,
    "s": 60.484,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76663,
    "c": 0.13145,
    "h": 174.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.48039
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38CEAE

secondary

#D2909E

accent

#4466E4

background

#F8FDFC

surface

#F0FBF8

border

#CBD4D1

text

#0C1513

muted

#7D8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #38CEAE

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

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