#38C1C5#38C1C5

#38C1C5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.430; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.113 H 197.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C1C5
RGB	rgb(56, 193, 197)
HSL	hsl(182, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(182, 72%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.6%, 2%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.56, -34.08, -12.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.56, 36.31, 200.20°)
OKLab	oklab(74.2% -0.1077 -0.0348)
OKLCH	oklch(74.2% 0.113 197.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.7744, 43.0082, 59.4920)
Luminance	0.4301 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C1C5 #C53C38

analogous

#38C583 #38C1C5 #387BC5

triadic

#38C1C5 #C538C1 #C1C538

tetradic

#38C1C5 #8338C5 #C53C38 #7BC538

square

#38C1C5 #8338C5 #C53C38 #7BC538

split-complementary

#38C1C5 #C5387B #C58338

monochromatic

#1D6466 #2A9295 #38C1C5 #67D1D4 #96DFE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#38C1C5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.60

#38C1C5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C1C5

9.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C1C5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C1C5	1.00	2.19	9.60	9.60
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3B8C6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FA9C6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C8C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c1c5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 193, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.113 197.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84d4d6',
    500: '#38c1c5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c1c5;
$custom-light: #84d4d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c1c5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.702,
    "s": 55.731,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74198,
    "c": 0.11321,
    "h": 197.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.43012
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C1C5

secondary

#CD8E8C

accent

#4D49DF

background

#F8FDFD

surface

#F0FAFA

border

#CBD3D3

text

#0C1414

muted

#7D8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C1C5

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

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