#38CEAF#38CEAF

#38CEAF is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.481; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.131 H 175.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38CEAF
RGB	rgb(56, 206, 175)
HSL	hsl(168, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(168, 73%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.8%, 0%, 15%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.87, -45.91, 4.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.87, 46.11, 174.67°)
OKLab	oklab(76.69% -0.1304 0.0106)
OKLCH	oklch(76.69% 0.131 175.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.4361, 48.0748, 48.1717)
Luminance	0.4808 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38CEAF #CE3857

analogous

#38CE64 #38CEAF #38A2CE

triadic

#38CEAF #AF38CE #CEAF38

tetradic

#38CEAF #6438CE #CE3857 #A2CE38

square

#38CEAF #6438CE #CE3857 #A2CE38

split-complementary

#38CEAF #CE38A2 #CE6438

monochromatic

#1C705F #28A188 #38CEAF #69DAC3 #9AE6D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#38CEAF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.62

#38CEAF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38CEAF

10.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38CEAF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38CEAF	1.00	1.98	10.62	10.62
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6C1AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3B2B1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D1C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38ceaf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 206, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.131 175.3);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38ceaf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 167.6,
    "s": 60.484,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76691,
    "c": 0.13087,
    "h": 175.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.48079
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38CEAF

secondary

#D2909E

accent

#4465E4

background

#F8FDFC

surface

#F0FBF8

border

#CBD4D1

text

#0C1513

muted

#7D8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #38CEAF

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

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