#38BFC0#38BFC0

#38BFC0 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.419; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.112 H 195.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38BFC0
RGB	rgb(56, 191, 192)
HSL	hsl(180, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(180, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.8%, 0.5%, 0%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.81, -34.59, -10.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.81, 36.28, 197.54°)
OKLab	oklab(73.53% -0.1079 -0.0304)
OKLCH	oklch(73.53% 0.112 195.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.7718, 41.9046, 56.3783)
Luminance	0.4191 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38BFC0 #C03938

analogous

#38C07D #38BFC0 #387BC0

triadic

#38BFC0 #C038BF #BFC038

tetradic

#38BFC0 #7D38C0 #C03938 #7BC038

square

#38BFC0 #7D38C0 #C03938 #7BC038

split-complementary

#38BFC0 #C0387B #C07D38

monochromatic

#1C6161 #2A9091 #38BFC0 #64D1D2 #93DFDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#38BFC0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.38

#38BFC0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BFC0

9.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38BFC0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38BFC0	1.00	2.24	9.38	9.38
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2B6C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EA7C1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38bfc0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 191, 192);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.112 195.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83d3d3',
    500: '#38bfc0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38bfc0;
$custom-light: #83d3d3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38bfc0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 192
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.441,
    "s": 54.839,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73534,
    "c": 0.1121,
    "h": 195.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.41908
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38BFC0

secondary

#CB8A89

accent

#4B4ADE

background

#F8FDFC

surface

#F0FAF9

border

#CBD3D2

text

#0C1414

muted

#7D8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #38BFC0

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

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