#38C2B1#38C2B1

#38C2B1 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.426; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.118 H 183.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C2B1
RGB	rgb(56, 194, 177)
HSL	hsl(173, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(173, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.1%, 0%, 8.8%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.28, -40.16, -2.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.28, 40.21, 182.90°)
OKLab	oklab(73.78% -0.1176 -0.0061)
OKLCH	oklch(73.78% 0.118 183)
XYZ	xyz(28.8547, 42.5953, 48.2874)
Luminance	0.4260 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C2B1 #C23849

analogous

#38C26C #38C2B1 #388EC2

triadic

#38C2B1 #B138C2 #C2B138

tetradic

#38C2B1 #6C38C2 #C23849 #8EC238

square

#38C2B1 #6C38C2 #C23849 #8EC238

split-complementary

#38C2B1 #C2388E #C26C38

monochromatic

#1D635A #2A9386 #38C2B1 #65D2C5 #94E0D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#38C2B1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.52

#38C2B1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C2B1

9.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C2B1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C2B1	1.00	2.21	9.52	9.52
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9B7B0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5A9B3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C6BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c2b1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 194, 177);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.118 183.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83d5c8',
    500: '#38c2b1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c2b1;
$custom-light: #83d5c8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c2b1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 177
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.609,
    "s": 55.2,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73776,
    "c": 0.11774,
    "h": 183
  },
  "luminance": 0.42599
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C2B1

secondary

#CB8A92

accent

#495CDF

background

#F8FDFC

surface

#F0FAF8

border

#CBD3D1

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C2B1

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

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