#38C2B0#38C2B0

#38C2B0 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.426; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.118 H 182.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C2B0
RGB	rgb(56, 194, 176)
HSL	hsl(172, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(172, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.1%, 0%, 9.3%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.25, -40.43, -1.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.25, 40.46, 182.17°)
OKLab	oklab(73.74% -0.118 -0.0048)
OKLCH	oklch(73.74% 0.118 182.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.7554, 42.5555, 47.7644)
Luminance	0.4256 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C2B0 #C2384A

analogous

#38C26B #38C2B0 #388FC2

triadic

#38C2B0 #B038C2 #C2B038

tetradic

#38C2B0 #6B38C2 #C2384A #8FC238

square

#38C2B0 #6B38C2 #C2384A #8FC238

split-complementary

#38C2B0 #C2388F #C26B38

monochromatic

#1D635A #2A9385 #38C2B0 #65D2C4 #94E0D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#38C2B0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.51

#38C2B0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C2B0

9.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C2B0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C2B0	1.00	2.21	9.51	9.51
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9B7AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6A9B2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C6BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c2b0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 194, 176);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.118 182.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83d5c7',
    500: '#38c2b0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c2b0;
$custom-light: #83d5c7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c2b0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 176
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.174,
    "s": 55.2,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73744,
    "c": 0.11814,
    "h": 182.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.42559
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C2B0

secondary

#CB8A93

accent

#495DDF

background

#F8FDFC

surface

#F0FAF8

border

#CBD3D1

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C2B0

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

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