#38BFC1#38BFC1

#38BFC1 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.420; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.112 H 196.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38BFC1
RGB	rgb(56, 191, 193)
HSL	hsl(181, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(181, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(71%, 1%, 0%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.84, -34.30, -11.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.84, 36.16, 198.44°)
OKLab	oklab(73.57% -0.1075 -0.0318)
OKLCH	oklch(73.57% 0.112 196.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.8830, 41.9491, 56.9638)
Luminance	0.4195 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38BFC1 #C13A38

analogous

#38C17F #38BFC1 #387BC1

triadic

#38BFC1 #C138BF #BFC138

tetradic

#38BFC1 #7F38C1 #C13A38 #7BC138

square

#38BFC1 #7F38C1 #C13A38 #7BC138

split-complementary

#38BFC1 #C1387B #C17F38

monochromatic

#1C6162 #2A9092 #38BFC1 #64D0D2 #94DFE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#38BFC1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.39

#38BFC1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BFC1

9.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38BFC1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38BFC1	1.00	2.24	9.39	9.39
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2B6C1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EA7C2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38bfc1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 191, 193);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.112 196.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84d3d3',
    500: '#38bfc1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38bfc1;
$custom-light: #84d3d3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38bfc1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 193
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.876,
    "s": 55.02,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73569,
    "c": 0.11207,
    "h": 196.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.41953
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38BFC1

secondary

#CB8B8A

accent

#4C49DE

background

#F8FDFC

surface

#F0FAF9

border

#CBD3D2

text

#0C1414

muted

#7D8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #38BFC1

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

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