#38C1BB#38C1BB

#38C1BB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.426; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.114 H 190.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C1BB
RGB	rgb(56, 193, 187)
HSL	hsl(177, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(177, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(71%, 0%, 3.1%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.26, -36.95, -7.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.26, 37.71, 191.51°)
OKLab	oklab(73.85% -0.1121 -0.021)
OKLCH	oklch(73.85% 0.114 190.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.6663, 42.5650, 53.6564)
Luminance	0.4257 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C1BB #C1383E

analogous

#38C177 #38C1BB #3883C1

triadic

#38C1BB #BB38C1 #C1BB38

tetradic

#38C1BB #7738C1 #C1383E #83C138

square

#38C1BB #7738C1 #C1383E #83C138

split-complementary

#38C1BB #C13883 #C17738

monochromatic

#1C625F #2A928D #38C1BB #64D2CD #94E0DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#38C1BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.51

#38C1BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C1BB

9.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C1BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C1BB	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)

#B6B7BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2A8BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C6BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c1bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 193, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.114 190.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83d4cf',
    500: '#38c1bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c1bb;
$custom-light: #83d4cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c1bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.372,
    "s": 55.02,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73852,
    "c": 0.11405,
    "h": 190.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.42569
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C1BB

secondary

#CB8A8D

accent

#4950DE

background

#F8FDFC

surface

#F0FAF9

border

#CBD3D2

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C1BB

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

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