#38C1BE#38C1BE

#38C1BE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.427; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.114 H 192.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C1BE
RGB	rgb(56, 193, 190)
HSL	hsl(179, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(179, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(71%, 0%, 1.6%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.35, -36.10, -9.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.35, 37.21, 194.05°)
OKLab	oklab(73.95% -0.1108 -0.0252)
OKLCH	oklch(73.95% 0.114 192.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.9908, 42.6948, 55.3655)
Luminance	0.4270 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C1BE #C1383B

analogous

#38C17A #38C1BE #3880C1

triadic

#38C1BE #BE38C1 #C1BE38

tetradic

#38C1BE #7A38C1 #C1383B #80C138

square

#38C1BE #7A38C1 #C1383B #80C138

split-complementary

#38C1BE #C13880 #C17A38

monochromatic

#1C6261 #2A928F #38C1BE #64D2D0 #94E0DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#38C1BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.54

#38C1BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C1BE

9.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C1BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C1BE	1.00	2.20	9.54	9.54
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5B7BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1A8BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C7C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c1be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 193, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.114 192.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84d4d1',
    500: '#38c1be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c1be;
$custom-light: #84d4d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c1be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.686,
    "s": 55.02,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73954,
    "c": 0.11359,
    "h": 192.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.42698
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C1BE

secondary

#CB8A8B

accent

#494DDE

background

#F8FDFC

surface

#F0FAF9

border

#CBD3D2

text

#0C1414

muted

#7D8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C1BE

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

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