#38BFC5#38BFC5

#38BFC5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.421; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.112 H 199.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38BFC5
RGB	rgb(56, 191, 197)
HSL	hsl(183, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(183, 72%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.6%, 3%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.96, -33.13, -13.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.96, 35.76, 202.08°)
OKLab	oklab(73.71% -0.1057 -0.0373)
OKLCH	oklch(73.71% 0.112 199.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.3352, 42.1300, 59.3456)
Luminance	0.4213 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38BFC5 #C53E38

analogous

#38C584 #38BFC5 #3879C5

triadic

#38BFC5 #C538BF #BFC538

tetradic

#38BFC5 #8438C5 #C53E38 #79C538

square

#38BFC5 #8438C5 #C53E38 #79C538

split-complementary

#38BFC5 #C53879 #C58438

monochromatic

#1D6366 #2A9195 #38BFC5 #67CFD4 #96DEE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#38BFC5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.43

#38BFC5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BFC5

9.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38BFC5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38BFC5	1.00	2.23	9.43	9.43
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1B6C6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DA7C6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C6C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38bfc5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 191, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.112 199.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84d3d6',
    500: '#38bfc5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38bfc5;
$custom-light: #84d3d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38bfc5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.553,
    "s": 55.731,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73711,
    "c": 0.11214,
    "h": 199.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.42134
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38BFC5

secondary

#CD8F8C

accent

#4F49DF

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F9FA

border

#CBD2D3

text

#0C1414

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #38BFC5

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

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