#38C1C3#38C1C3

#38C1C3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.429; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.113 H 196.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C1C3
RGB	rgb(56, 193, 195)
HSL	hsl(181, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(181, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.3%, 1%, 0%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.50, -34.66, -11.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.50, 36.53, 198.41°)
OKLab	oklab(74.13% -0.1086 -0.0321)
OKLCH	oklch(74.13% 0.113 196.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.5467, 42.9172, 58.2931)
Luminance	0.4292 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C1C3 #C33A38

analogous

#38C380 #38C1C3 #387CC3

triadic

#38C1C3 #C338C1 #C1C338

tetradic

#38C1C3 #8038C3 #C33A38 #7CC338

square

#38C1C3 #8038C3 #C33A38 #7CC338

split-complementary

#38C1C3 #C3387C #C38038

monochromatic

#1D6364 #2A9293 #38C1C3 #65D1D3 #95DFE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#38C1C3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.58

#38C1C3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C1C3

9.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C1C3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C1C3	1.00	2.19	9.58	9.58
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4B8C3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FA9C4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C7C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c1c3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 193, 195);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.113 196.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84d4d5',
    500: '#38c1c3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c1c3;
$custom-light: #84d4d5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c1c3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 195
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.863,
    "s": 55.378,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74127,
    "c": 0.11321,
    "h": 196.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.42921
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C1C3

secondary

#CC8C8B

accent

#4B49DF

background

#F8FDFD

surface

#F0FAFA

border

#CBD3D3

text

#0C1414

muted

#7D8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C1C3

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

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