#38C0BB#38C0BB

#38C0BB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.421; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.113 H 191.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C0BB
RGB	rgb(56, 192, 187)
HSL	hsl(178, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(178, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.8%, 0%, 2.6%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.96, -36.49, -7.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.96, 37.35, 192.33°)
OKLab	oklab(73.61% -0.1111 -0.0223)
OKLCH	oklch(73.61% 0.113 191.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.4460, 42.1244, 53.5830)
Luminance	0.4213 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C0BB #C0383D

analogous

#38C077 #38C0BB #3881C0

triadic

#38C0BB #BB38C0 #C0BB38

tetradic

#38C0BB #7738C0 #C0383D #81C038

square

#38C0BB #7738C0 #C0383D #81C038

split-complementary

#38C0BB #C03881 #C07738

monochromatic

#1C615F #2A918D #38C0BB #64D2CE #93DFDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#38C0BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.43

#38C0BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C0BB

9.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C0BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C0BB	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)

#B4B6BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1A8BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c0bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 192, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.113 191.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83d3cf',
    500: '#38c0bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c0bb;
$custom-light: #83d3cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c0bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.794,
    "s": 54.839,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73607,
    "c": 0.1133,
    "h": 191.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.42128
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C0BB

secondary

#CB898C

accent

#4A4FDE

background

#F8FDFC

surface

#F0FAF9

border

#CBD3D2

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C0BB

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

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