#38C1BD#38C1BD

#38C1BD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.427; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.114 H 192.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C1BD
RGB	rgb(56, 193, 189)
HSL	hsl(178, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(178, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(71%, 0%, 2.1%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.32, -36.38, -8.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.32, 37.37, 193.20°)
OKLab	oklab(73.92% -0.1112 -0.0238)
OKLCH	oklch(73.92% 0.114 192.1)
XYZ	xyz(29.8819, 42.6513, 54.7919)
Luminance	0.4265 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C1BD #C1383C

analogous

#38C179 #38C1BD #3881C1

triadic

#38C1BD #BD38C1 #C1BD38

tetradic

#38C1BD #7938C1 #C1383C #81C138

square

#38C1BD #7938C1 #C1383C #81C138

split-complementary

#38C1BD #C13881 #C17938

monochromatic

#1C6260 #2A928F #38C1BD #64D2CF #94E0DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#38C1BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.53

#38C1BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C1BD

9.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C1BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C1BD	1.00	2.20	9.53	9.53
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5B7BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1A8BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C7BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c1bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 193, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.114 192.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83d4d0',
    500: '#38c1bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c1bd;
$custom-light: #83d4d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c1bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.248,
    "s": 55.02,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7392,
    "c": 0.11373,
    "h": 192.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.42655
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C1BD

secondary

#CB8A8C

accent

#494EDE

background

#F8FDFC

surface

#F0FAF9

border

#CBD3D2

text

#0C1414

muted

#7D8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C1BD

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

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