#38BFC4#38BFC4

#38BFC4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.421; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.112 H 198.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38BFC4
RGB	rgb(56, 191, 196)
HSL	hsl(182, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(182, 71%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.4%, 2.6%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.93, -33.43, -12.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.93, 35.84, 201.16°)
OKLab	oklab(73.68% -0.1062 -0.0359)
OKLCH	oklch(73.68% 0.112 198.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.2210, 42.0843, 58.7442)
Luminance	0.4209 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38BFC4 #C43D38

analogous

#38C483 #38BFC4 #3879C4

triadic

#38BFC4 #C438BF #BFC438

tetradic

#38BFC4 #8338C4 #C43D38 #79C438

square

#38BFC4 #8338C4 #C43D38 #79C438

split-complementary

#38BFC4 #C43879 #C48338

monochromatic

#1D6265 #2A9194 #38BFC4 #66CFD3 #96DEE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#38BFC4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.42

#38BFC4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BFC4

9.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38BFC4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38BFC4	1.00	2.23	9.42	9.42
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1B6C5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DA7C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C6C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38bfc4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 191, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.112 198.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84d3d5',
    500: '#38bfc4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38bfc4;
$custom-light: #84d3d5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38bfc4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.143,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73675,
    "c": 0.11209,
    "h": 198.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.42088
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38BFC4

secondary

#CC8E8C

accent

#4E49DF

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F9FA

border

#CBD2D3

text

#0C1414

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #38BFC4

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

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