#38C1B3#38C1B3

#38C1B3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.422; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.116 H 185.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C1B3
RGB	rgb(56, 193, 179)
HSL	hsl(174, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(174, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(71%, 0%, 7.3%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.03, -39.17, -3.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.03, 39.32, 185.10°)
OKLab	oklab(73.59% -0.1157 -0.0101)
OKLCH	oklch(73.59% 0.116 185)
XYZ	xyz(28.8337, 42.2320, 49.2710)
Luminance	0.4224 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C1B3 #C13846

analogous

#38C16F #38C1B3 #388BC1

triadic

#38C1B3 #B338C1 #C1B338

tetradic

#38C1B3 #6F38C1 #C13846 #8BC138

square

#38C1B3 #6F38C1 #C13846 #8BC138

split-complementary

#38C1B3 #C1388B #C16F38

monochromatic

#1C625B #2A9287 #38C1B3 #64D2C7 #94E0D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#38C1B3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.45

#38C1B3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C1B3

9.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C1B3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C1B3	1.00	2.22	9.45	9.45
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7B6B3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4A8B4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c1b3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 193, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.116 185.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83d4c9',
    500: '#38c1b3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c1b3;
$custom-light: #83d4c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c1b3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.869,
    "s": 55.02,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73591,
    "c": 0.11611,
    "h": 185
  },
  "luminance": 0.42235
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C1B3

secondary

#CB8A90

accent

#4959DE

background

#F8FDFC

surface

#F0FAF8

border

#CBD3D1

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C1B3

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

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