#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
RGBrgb(56, 193, 191)
HSLhsl(179, 55%, 49%)
HSVhsv(179, 71%, 76%)
CMYKcmyk(71%, 0%, 1%, 24.3%)
CIE-LABlab(71.38, -35.81, -9.54)
CIE-LCHlch(71.38, 37.06, 194.91°)
OKLaboklab(73.99% -0.1103 -0.0265)
OKLCHoklch(73.99% 0.113 193.5)
XYZxyz(30.1005, 42.7387, 55.9431)
Luminance0.4274 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

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
##38C1BF1.002.209.559.55
#FFFFFF2.201.0021.0021.00
#0000009.5521.001.001.00
##0000009.5521.001.001.00

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

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#38C1BF Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva