#38C1B7#38C1B7

#38C1B7 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.424; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.115 H 187.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C1B7
RGB	rgb(56, 193, 183)
HSL	hsl(176, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(176, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(71%, 0%, 5.2%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.14, -38.07, -5.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.14, 38.47, 188.24°)
OKLab	oklab(73.72% -0.1139 -0.0155)
OKLCH	oklch(73.72% 0.115 187.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.2441, 42.3961, 51.4326)
Luminance	0.4240 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C1B7 #C13842

analogous

#38C173 #38C1B7 #3887C1

triadic

#38C1B7 #B738C1 #C1B738

tetradic

#38C1B7 #7338C1 #C13842 #87C138

square

#38C1B7 #7338C1 #C13842 #87C138

split-complementary

#38C1B7 #C13887 #C17338

monochromatic

#1C625D #2A928A #38C1B7 #64D2CA #94E0DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#38C1B7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.48

#38C1B7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C1B7

9.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C1B7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C1B7	1.00	2.22	9.48	9.48
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6B7B7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3A8B8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C6BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c1b7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 193, 183);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.115 187.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83d4cc',
    500: '#38c1b7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c1b7;
$custom-light: #83d4cc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c1b7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 183
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.62,
    "s": 55.02,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7372,
    "c": 0.11493,
    "h": 187.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.424
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C1B7

secondary

#CB8A8F

accent

#4954DE

background

#F8FDFC

surface

#F0FAF8

border

#CBD3D1

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C1B7

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

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