#38C1BC#38C1BC

#38C1BC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.426; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.114 H 191.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C1BC
RGB	rgb(56, 193, 188)
HSL	hsl(178, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(178, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(71%, 0%, 2.6%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.29, -36.67, -8.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.29, 37.54, 192.35°)
OKLab	oklab(73.89% -0.1116 -0.0224)
OKLCH	oklch(73.89% 0.114 191.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.7738, 42.6080, 54.2222)
Luminance	0.4261 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C1BC #C1383D

analogous

#38C178 #38C1BC #3882C1

triadic

#38C1BC #BC38C1 #C1BC38

tetradic

#38C1BC #7838C1 #C1383D #82C138

square

#38C1BC #7838C1 #C1383D #82C138

split-complementary

#38C1BC #C13882 #C17838

monochromatic

#1C6260 #2A928E #38C1BC #64D2CE #94E0DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#38C1BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.52

#38C1BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C1BC

9.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C1BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C1BC	1.00	2.21	9.52	9.52
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5B7BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1A8BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C6BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c1bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 193, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.114 191.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83d4d0',
    500: '#38c1bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c1bc;
$custom-light: #83d4d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c1bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.81,
    "s": 55.02,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73886,
    "c": 0.11388,
    "h": 191.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.42612
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C1BC

secondary

#CB8A8C

accent

#494FDE

background

#F8FDFC

surface

#F0FAF9

border

#CBD3D2

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C1BC

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

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