#38CFAE#38CFAE

#38CFAE is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.485; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.133 H 174.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38CFAE
RGB	rgb(56, 207, 174)
HSL	hsl(167, 61%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(167, 73%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.9%, 0%, 15.9%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.15, -46.59, 5.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.15, 46.88, 173.61°)
OKLab	oklab(76.91% -0.1319 0.0131)
OKLCH	oklch(76.91% 0.133 174.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.5798, 48.5186, 47.7369)
Luminance	0.4852 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38CFAE #CF3859

analogous

#38CF62 #38CFAE #38A5CF

triadic

#38CFAE #AE38CF #CFAE38

tetradic

#38CFAE #6238CF #CF3859 #A5CF38

square

#38CFAE #6238CF #CF3859 #A5CF38

split-complementary

#38CFAE #CF38A5 #CF6238

monochromatic

#1B715E #27A388 #38CFAE #69DBC2 #9BE7D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#38CFAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.70

#38CFAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38CFAE

10.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38CFAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38CFAE	1.00	1.96	10.70	10.70
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8C2AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4B3B0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D1C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38cfae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 207, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.133 174.3);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38cfae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 207,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.887,
    "s": 61.134,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76911,
    "c": 0.13253,
    "h": 174.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.48522
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38CFAE

secondary

#D3909F

accent

#4467E4

background

#F8FDFC

surface

#F0FBF8

border

#CBD4D1

text

#0D1513

muted

#7D8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #38CFAE

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

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