#38CEB0#38CEB0

#38CEB0 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.481; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.130 H 175.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38CEB0
RGB	rgb(56, 206, 176)
HSL	hsl(168, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(168, 73%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.8%, 0%, 14.6%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.90, -45.66, 3.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.90, 45.81, 175.27°)
OKLab	oklab(76.72% -0.13 0.0093)
OKLCH	oklch(76.72% 0.13 175.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.5347, 48.1142, 48.6909)
Luminance	0.4812 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38CEB0 #CE3856

analogous

#38CE65 #38CEB0 #38A1CE

triadic

#38CEB0 #B038CE #CEB038

tetradic

#38CEB0 #6538CE #CE3856 #A1CE38

square

#38CEB0 #6538CE #CE3856 #A1CE38

split-complementary

#38CEB0 #CE38A1 #CE6538

monochromatic

#1C705F #28A189 #38CEB0 #69DAC3 #9AE6D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#38CEB0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.62

#38CEB0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38CEB0

10.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38CEB0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38CEB0	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)

#C6C1AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2B2B2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D1C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38ceb0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 206, 176);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.130 175.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84dec7',
    500: '#38ceb0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38ceb0;
$custom-light: #84dec7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38ceb0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 176
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168,
    "s": 60.484,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7672,
    "c": 0.13031,
    "h": 175.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.48118
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38CEB0

secondary

#D2909D

accent

#4464E4

background

#F8FDFC

surface

#F0FBF8

border

#CBD4D1

text

#0D1513

muted

#7D8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #38CEB0

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

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