#38C0BF#38C0BF

#38C0BF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.423; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.113 H 194.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C0BF
RGB	rgb(56, 192, 191)
HSL	hsl(180, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(180, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.8%, 0%, 0.5%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.08, -35.35, -9.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.08, 36.73, 195.77°)
OKLab	oklab(73.74% -0.1093 -0.0278)
OKLCH	oklch(73.74% 0.113 194.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.8802, 42.2981, 55.8697)
Luminance	0.4230 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C0BF #C03839

analogous

#38C07B #38C0BF #387DC0

triadic

#38C0BF #BF38C0 #C0BF38

tetradic

#38C0BF #7B38C0 #C03839 #7DC038

square

#38C0BF #7B38C0 #C03839 #7DC038

split-complementary

#38C0BF #C0387D #C07B38

monochromatic

#1C6161 #2A9190 #38C0BF #64D2D1 #93DFDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#38C0BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.46

#38C0BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C0BF

9.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C0BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C0BF	1.00	2.22	9.46	9.46
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4B7BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0A8C0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C6BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c0bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 192, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.113 194.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83d3d2',
    500: '#38c0bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c0bf;
$custom-light: #83d3d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c0bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.559,
    "s": 54.839,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73743,
    "c": 0.1128,
    "h": 194.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.42302
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C0BF

secondary

#CB898A

accent

#4A4BDE

background

#F8FDFC

surface

#F0FAF9

border

#CBD3D2

text

#0C1414

muted

#7D8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C0BF

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

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