#38C1B0#38C1B0

#38C1B0 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.421; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.117 H 182.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C1B0
RGB	rgb(56, 193, 176)
HSL	hsl(173, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(173, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(71%, 0%, 8.8%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.95, -39.98, -1.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.95, 40.03, 182.83°)
OKLab	oklab(73.5% -0.117 -0.006)
OKLCH	oklch(73.5% 0.117 182.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.5336, 42.1119, 47.6905)
Luminance	0.4212 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C1B0 #C13849

analogous

#38C16C #38C1B0 #388EC1

triadic

#38C1B0 #B038C1 #C1B038

tetradic

#38C1B0 #6C38C1 #C13849 #8EC138

square

#38C1B0 #6C38C1 #C13849 #8EC138

split-complementary

#38C1B0 #C1388E #C16C38

monochromatic

#1C6259 #2A9285 #38C1B0 #64D2C4 #94E0D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#38C1B0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.42

#38C1B0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C1B0

9.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C1B0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C1B0	1.00	2.23	9.42	9.42
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8B6AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5A8B2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c1b0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 193, 176);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.117 182.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82d4c7',
    500: '#38c1b0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c1b0;
$custom-light: #82d4c7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c1b0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 176
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.555,
    "s": 55.02,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73496,
    "c": 0.11719,
    "h": 182.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.42115
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C1B0

secondary

#CB8A92

accent

#495CDE

background

#F8FDFC

surface

#F0FAF8

border

#CBD3D1

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C1B0

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

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