#38BFC3#38BFC3

#38BFC3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.420; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.112 H 198.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38BFC3
RGB	rgb(56, 191, 195)
HSL	hsl(182, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(182, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.3%, 2.1%, 0%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.90, -33.72, -12.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.90, 35.94, 200.25°)
OKLab	oklab(73.64% -0.1066 -0.0345)
OKLCH	oklch(73.64% 0.112 198)
XYZ	xyz(30.1076, 42.0389, 58.1467)
Luminance	0.4204 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38BFC3 #C33C38

analogous

#38C382 #38BFC3 #3879C3

triadic

#38BFC3 #C338BF #BFC338

tetradic

#38BFC3 #8238C3 #C33C38 #79C338

square

#38BFC3 #8238C3 #C33C38 #79C338

split-complementary

#38BFC3 #C33879 #C38238

monochromatic

#1D6264 #2A9093 #38BFC3 #65D0D3 #95DEE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#38BFC3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.41

#38BFC3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BFC3

9.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38BFC3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38BFC3	1.00	2.23	9.41	9.41
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2B6C4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DA7C4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C6C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38bfc3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 191, 195);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.112 198.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84d3d5',
    500: '#38bfc3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38bfc3;
$custom-light: #84d3d5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38bfc3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 195
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.727,
    "s": 55.378,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7364,
    "c": 0.11207,
    "h": 198
  },
  "luminance": 0.42042
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38BFC3

secondary

#CC8D8B

accent

#4D49DF

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F9FA

border

#CBD2D3

text

#0C1414

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #38BFC3

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

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