#38BFC2#38BFC2

#38BFC2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.420; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.112 H 197.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38BFC2
RGB	rgb(56, 191, 194)
HSL	hsl(181, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(181, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.1%, 1.5%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.87, -34.01, -11.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.87, 36.05, 199.34°)
OKLab	oklab(73.6% -0.107 -0.0332)
OKLCH	oklch(73.6% 0.112 197.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.9949, 41.9938, 57.5533)
Luminance	0.4200 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38BFC2 #C23B38

analogous

#38C280 #38BFC2 #387AC2

triadic

#38BFC2 #C238BF #BFC238

tetradic

#38BFC2 #8038C2 #C23B38 #7AC238

square

#38BFC2 #8038C2 #C23B38 #7AC238

split-complementary

#38BFC2 #C2387A #C28038

monochromatic

#1D6163 #2A9093 #38BFC2 #65D0D2 #94DFE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#38BFC2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.40

#38BFC2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BFC2

9.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38BFC2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38BFC2	1.00	2.23	9.40	9.40
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2B6C2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EA7C3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38bfc2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 191, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.112 197.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84d3d4',
    500: '#38bfc2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38bfc2;
$custom-light: #84d3d4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38bfc2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.304,
    "s": 55.2,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73604,
    "c": 0.11206,
    "h": 197.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.41997
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38BFC2

secondary

#CB8C8A

accent

#4D49DF

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0C1414

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #38BFC2

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

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