#38C1BA#38C1BA

#38C1BA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.425; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.114 H 189.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C1BA
RGB	rgb(56, 193, 186)
HSL	hsl(177, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(177, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(71%, 0%, 3.6%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.23, -37.23, -7.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.23, 37.89, 190.68°)
OKLab	oklab(73.82% -0.1125 -0.0197)
OKLCH	oklch(73.82% 0.114 189.9)
XYZ	xyz(29.5597, 42.5224, 53.0946)
Luminance	0.4253 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C1BA #C1383F

analogous

#38C176 #38C1BA #3884C1

triadic

#38C1BA #BA38C1 #C1BA38

tetradic

#38C1BA #7638C1 #C1383F #84C138

square

#38C1BA #7638C1 #C1383F #84C138

split-complementary

#38C1BA #C13884 #C17638

monochromatic

#1C625F #2A928C #38C1BA #64D2CC #94E0DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#38C1BA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.51

#38C1BA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C1BA

9.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C1BA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C1BA	1.00	2.21	9.51	9.51
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6B7BA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2A8BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C6BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c1ba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 193, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.114 189.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83d4ce',
    500: '#38c1ba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c1ba;
$custom-light: #83d4ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c1ba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.934,
    "s": 55.02,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73819,
    "c": 0.11423,
    "h": 189.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.42526
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C1BA

secondary

#CB8A8D

accent

#4951DE

background

#F8FDFC

surface

#F0FAF9

border

#CBD3D2

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C1BA

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

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