#38CFAB#38CFAB

#38CFAB is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.484; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.134 H 172.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38CFAB
RGB	rgb(56, 207, 171)
HSL	hsl(166, 61%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(166, 73%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.9%, 0%, 17.4%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.08, -47.33, 6.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.08, 47.81, 171.91°)
OKLab	oklab(76.83% -0.1333 0.0171)
OKLCH	oklch(76.83% 0.134 172.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.2906, 48.4030, 46.2138)
Luminance	0.4841 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38CFAB #CF385C

analogous

#38CF60 #38CFAB #38A8CF

triadic

#38CFAB #AB38CF #CFAB38

tetradic

#38CFAB #6038CF #CF385C #A8CF38

square

#38CFAB #6038CF #CF385C #A8CF38

split-complementary

#38CFAB #CF38A8 #CF6038

monochromatic

#1B715D #27A385 #38CFAB #69DBC0 #9BE7D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#38CFAB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.68

#38CFAB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38CFAB

10.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38CFAB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38CFAB	1.00	1.97	10.68	10.68
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8C1A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4B3AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D1C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38cfab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 207, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.134 172.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84dec4',
    500: '#38cfab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38cfab;
$custom-light: #84dec4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38cfab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 207,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165.695,
    "s": 61.134,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76828,
    "c": 0.13436,
    "h": 172.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.48407
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38CFAB

secondary

#D390A0

accent

#446AE4

background

#F8FDFC

surface

#F0FBF8

border

#CBD4D1

text

#0C1512

muted

#7D8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #38CFAB

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

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