#38C1B8#38C1B8

#38C1B8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.424; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.115 H 188.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C1B8
RGB	rgb(56, 193, 184)
HSL	hsl(176, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(176, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(71%, 0%, 4.7%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.17, -37.79, -6.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.17, 38.27, 189.05°)
OKLab	oklab(73.75% -0.1134 -0.0169)
OKLCH	oklch(73.75% 0.115 188.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.3485, 42.4379, 51.9827)
Luminance	0.4244 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C1B8 #C13841

analogous

#38C174 #38C1B8 #3886C1

triadic

#38C1B8 #B838C1 #C1B838

tetradic

#38C1B8 #7438C1 #C13841 #86C138

square

#38C1B8 #7438C1 #C13841 #86C138

split-complementary

#38C1B8 #C13886 #C17438

monochromatic

#1C625E #2A928B #38C1B8 #64D2CB #94E0DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#38C1B8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.49

#38C1B8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C1B8

9.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C1B8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C1B8	1.00	2.21	9.49	9.49
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6B7B8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3A8B9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C6BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c1b8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 193, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.115 188.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83d4cd',
    500: '#38c1b8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c1b8;
$custom-light: #83d4cd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c1b8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.058,
    "s": 55.02,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73753,
    "c": 0.11469,
    "h": 188.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.42441
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C1B8

secondary

#CB8A8E

accent

#4953DE

background

#F8FDFC

surface

#F0FAF9

border

#CBD3D2

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C1B8

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

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