#38C0B2#38C0B2

#38C0B2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.418; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.116 H 184.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C0B2
RGB	rgb(56, 192, 178)
HSL	hsl(174, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(174, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.8%, 0%, 7.3%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.70, -38.99, -3.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.70, 39.14, 185.04°)
OKLab	oklab(73.31% -0.1151 -0.0099)
OKLCH	oklch(73.31% 0.116 184.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.5126, 41.7510, 48.6669)
Luminance	0.4175 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C0B2 #C03846

analogous

#38C06E #38C0B2 #388AC0

triadic

#38C0B2 #B238C0 #C0B238

tetradic

#38C0B2 #6E38C0 #C03846 #8AC038

square

#38C0B2 #6E38C0 #C03846 #8AC038

split-complementary

#38C0B2 #C0388A #C06E38

monochromatic

#1C615A #2A9186 #38C0B2 #64D2C6 #93DFD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#38C0B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.35

#38C0B2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C0B2

9.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C0B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C0B2	1.00	2.25	9.35	9.35
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6B5B2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3A7B3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c0b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 192, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.116 184.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82d3c9',
    500: '#38c0b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c0b2;
$custom-light: #82d3c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c0b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.824,
    "s": 54.839,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73312,
    "c": 0.11555,
    "h": 184.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.41754
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C0B2

secondary

#CB8990

accent

#4A59DE

background

#F8FDFC

surface

#F0FAF8

border

#CBD3D1

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C0B2

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

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