#38C0B8#38C0B8

#38C0B8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.420; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.114 H 189.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C0B8
RGB	rgb(56, 192, 184)
HSL	hsl(176, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(176, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.8%, 0%, 4.2%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.87, -37.33, -6.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.87, 37.89, 189.83°)
OKLab	oklab(73.51% -0.1124 -0.0181)
OKLCH	oklch(73.51% 0.114 189.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.1282, 41.9973, 51.9092)
Luminance	0.4200 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C0B8 #C03840

analogous

#38C074 #38C0B8 #3884C0

triadic

#38C0B8 #B838C0 #C0B838

tetradic

#38C0B8 #7438C0 #C03840 #84C038

square

#38C0B8 #7438C0 #C03840 #84C038

split-complementary

#38C0B8 #C03884 #C07438

monochromatic

#1C615D #2A918B #38C0B8 #64D2CB #93DFDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#38C0B8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.40

#38C0B8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C0B8

9.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C0B8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C0B8	1.00	2.23	9.40	9.40
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5B6B8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2A7B9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c0b8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 192, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.114 189.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83d3cd',
    500: '#38c0b8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c0b8;
$custom-light: #83d3cd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c0b8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.471,
    "s": 54.839,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73507,
    "c": 0.11388,
    "h": 189.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.42001
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C0B8

secondary

#CB898D

accent

#4A52DE

background

#F8FDFC

surface

#F0FAF9

border

#CBD3D2

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C0B8

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

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