#38C0BC#38C0BC

#38C0BC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.422; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.113 H 192.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C0BC
RGB	rgb(56, 192, 188)
HSL	hsl(178, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(178, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.8%, 0%, 2.1%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.99, -36.21, -8.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.99, 37.19, 193.18°)
OKLab	oklab(73.64% -0.1106 -0.0236)
OKLCH	oklch(73.64% 0.113 192.1)
XYZ	xyz(29.5534, 42.1674, 54.1488)
Luminance	0.4217 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C0BC #C0383C

analogous

#38C078 #38C0BC #3880C0

triadic

#38C0BC #BC38C0 #C0BC38

tetradic

#38C0BC #7838C0 #C0383C #80C038

square

#38C0BC #7838C0 #C0383C #80C038

split-complementary

#38C0BC #C03880 #C07838

monochromatic

#1C615F #2A918E #38C0BC #64D2CE #93DFDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#38C0BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.43

#38C0BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C0BC

9.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C0BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C0BC	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)

#B4B6BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0A8BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C6BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c0bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 192, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.113 192.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83d3d0',
    500: '#38c0bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c0bc;
$custom-light: #83d3d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c0bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.235,
    "s": 54.839,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73641,
    "c": 0.11315,
    "h": 192.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.42171
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C0BC

secondary

#CB898B

accent

#4A4EDE

background

#F8FDFC

surface

#F0FAF9

border

#CBD3D2

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C0BC

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

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