#38C0B6#38C0B6

#38C0B6 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.419; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.114 H 187.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C0B6
RGB	rgb(56, 192, 182)
HSL	hsl(176, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(176, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.8%, 0%, 5.2%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.81, -37.89, -5.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.81, 38.28, 188.20°)
OKLab	oklab(73.44% -0.1133 -0.0154)
OKLCH	oklch(73.44% 0.114 187.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.9201, 41.9140, 50.8129)
Luminance	0.4192 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C0B6 #C03842

analogous

#38C072 #38C0B6 #3886C0

triadic

#38C0B6 #B638C0 #C0B638

tetradic

#38C0B6 #7238C0 #C03842 #86C038

square

#38C0B6 #7238C0 #C03842 #86C038

split-complementary

#38C0B6 #C03886 #C07238

monochromatic

#1C615C #2A9189 #38C0B6 #64D2CA #93DFDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#38C0B6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.38

#38C0B6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C0B6

9.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C0B6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C0B6	1.00	2.24	9.38	9.38
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6B6B6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2A7B7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c0b6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 192, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.114 187.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83d3cb',
    500: '#38c0b6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c0b6;
$custom-light: #83d3cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c0b6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.588,
    "s": 54.839,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73441,
    "c": 0.11436,
    "h": 187.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.41917
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C0B6

secondary

#CB898E

accent

#4A55DE

background

#F8FDFC

surface

#F0FAF8

border

#CBD3D1

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C0B6

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

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