#38C1C4#38C1C4

#38C1C4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.430; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.113 H 197.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C1C4
RGB	rgb(56, 193, 196)
HSL	hsl(181, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(181, 71%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.4%, 1.5%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.53, -34.37, -12.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.53, 36.42, 199.30°)
OKLab	oklab(74.16% -0.1081 -0.0334)
OKLCH	oklch(74.16% 0.113 197.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.6602, 42.9626, 58.8906)
Luminance	0.4297 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C1C4 #C43B38

analogous

#38C481 #38C1C4 #387BC4

triadic

#38C1C4 #C438C1 #C1C438

tetradic

#38C1C4 #8138C4 #C43B38 #7BC438

square

#38C1C4 #8138C4 #C43B38 #7BC438

split-complementary

#38C1C4 #C4387B #C48138

monochromatic

#1D6365 #2A9294 #38C1C4 #66D1D3 #96DFE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#38C1C4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.59

#38C1C4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C1C4

9.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C1C4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C1C4	1.00	2.19	9.59	9.59
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4B8C4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FA9C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C8C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c1c4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 193, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.113 197.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84d4d5',
    500: '#38c1c4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c1c4;
$custom-light: #84d4d5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c1c4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.286,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74162,
    "c": 0.1132,
    "h": 197.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.42966
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C1C4

secondary

#CC8D8C

accent

#4C49DF

background

#F8FDFD

surface

#F0FAFA

border

#CBD3D3

text

#0C1414

muted

#7D8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C1C4

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

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