#38C1B4#38C1B4

#38C1B4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.423; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.116 H 185.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C1B4
RGB	rgb(56, 193, 180)
HSL	hsl(174, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(174, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(71%, 0%, 6.7%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.06, -38.90, -4.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.06, 39.10, 185.87°)
OKLab	oklab(73.62% -0.1152 -0.0114)
OKLCH	oklch(73.62% 0.116 185.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.9352, 42.2726, 49.8056)
Luminance	0.4228 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C1B4 #C13845

analogous

#38C170 #38C1B4 #388AC1

triadic

#38C1B4 #B438C1 #C1B438

tetradic

#38C1B4 #7038C1 #C13845 #8AC138

square

#38C1B4 #7038C1 #C13845 #8AC138

split-complementary

#38C1B4 #C1388A #C17038

monochromatic

#1C625C #2A9288 #38C1B4 #64D2C8 #94E0D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#38C1B4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.46

#38C1B4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C1B4

9.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C1B4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C1B4	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)

#B7B6B4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4A8B5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c1b4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 193, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.116 185.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83d4ca',
    500: '#38c1b4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c1b4;
$custom-light: #83d4ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c1b4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.307,
    "s": 55.02,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73623,
    "c": 0.11579,
    "h": 185.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.42276
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C1B4

secondary

#CB8A90

accent

#4958DE

background

#F8FDFC

surface

#F0FAF8

border

#CBD3D1

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C1B4

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

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