#38CEB1#38CEB1

#38CEB1 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.482; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.130 H 176.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38CEB1
RGB	rgb(56, 206, 177)
HSL	hsl(168, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(168, 73%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.8%, 0%, 14.1%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.92, -45.40, 3.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.92, 45.52, 175.87°)
OKLab	oklab(76.75% -0.1295 0.008)
OKLCH	oklch(76.75% 0.13 176.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.6340, 48.1539, 49.2139)
Luminance	0.4816 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38CEB1 #CE3855

analogous

#38CE66 #38CEB1 #38A0CE

triadic

#38CEB1 #B138CE #CEB138

tetradic

#38CEB1 #6638CE #CE3855 #A0CE38

square

#38CEB1 #6638CE #CE3855 #A0CE38

split-complementary

#38CEB1 #CE38A0 #CE6638

monochromatic

#1C7060 #28A18A #38CEB1 #69DAC4 #9AE6D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#38CEB1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.63

#38CEB1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38CEB1

10.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38CEB1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38CEB1	1.00	1.98	10.63	10.63
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6C1B0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2B2B3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D1C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38ceb1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 206, 177);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.130 176.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84dec8',
    500: '#38ceb1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38ceb1;
$custom-light: #84dec8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38ceb1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 177
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.4,
    "s": 60.484,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76748,
    "c": 0.12977,
    "h": 176.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.48158
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38CEB1

secondary

#D2909D

accent

#4463E4

background

#F8FDFC

surface

#F0FBF8

border

#CBD4D1

text

#0D1513

muted

#7D8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #38CEB1

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

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