#38C1BF#38C1BF

#38C1BF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.427; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.113 H 193.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C1BF
RGB	rgb(56, 193, 191)
HSL	hsl(179, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(179, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(71%, 0%, 1%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.38, -35.81, -9.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.38, 37.06, 194.91°)
OKLab	oklab(73.99% -0.1103 -0.0265)
OKLCH	oklch(73.99% 0.113 193.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.1005, 42.7387, 55.9431)
Luminance	0.4274 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C1BF #C1383A

analogous

#38C17B #38C1BF #387FC1

triadic

#38C1BF #BF38C1 #C1BF38

tetradic

#38C1BF #7B38C1 #C1383A #7FC138

square

#38C1BF #7B38C1 #C1383A #7FC138

split-complementary

#38C1BF #C1387F #C17B38

monochromatic

#1C6261 #2A9290 #38C1BF #64D2D0 #94E0DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#38C1BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.55

#38C1BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C1BF

9.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C1BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C1BF	1.00	2.20	9.55	9.55
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5B7BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1A9C0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C7C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c1bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 193, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.113 193.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84d4d2',
    500: '#38c1bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c1bf;
$custom-light: #84d4d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c1bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.124,
    "s": 55.02,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73988,
    "c": 0.11348,
    "h": 193.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.42742
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C1BF

secondary

#CB8A8B

accent

#494CDE

background

#F8FDFC

surface

#F0FAF9

border

#CBD3D2

text

#0C1414

muted

#7D8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C1BF

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

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