#38C2B2#38C2B2

#38C2B2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.426; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.117 H 183.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C2B2
RGB	rgb(56, 194, 178)
HSL	hsl(173, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(173, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.1%, 0%, 8.2%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.31, -39.89, -2.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.31, 39.97, 183.65°)
OKLab	oklab(73.81% -0.1171 -0.0075)
OKLCH	oklch(73.81% 0.117 183.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.9547, 42.6353, 48.8143)
Luminance	0.4264 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C2B2 #C23848

analogous

#38C26D #38C2B2 #388DC2

triadic

#38C2B2 #B238C2 #C2B238

tetradic

#38C2B2 #6D38C2 #C23848 #8DC238

square

#38C2B2 #6D38C2 #C23848 #8DC238

split-complementary

#38C2B2 #C2388D #C26D38

monochromatic

#1D635B #2A9386 #38C2B2 #65D2C6 #94E0D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#38C2B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.53

#38C2B2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C2B2

9.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C2B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C2B2	1.00	2.20	9.53	9.53
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9B7B1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5A9B4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C6BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c2b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 194, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.117 183.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83d5c9',
    500: '#38c2b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c2b2;
$custom-light: #83d5c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c2b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.043,
    "s": 55.2,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73807,
    "c": 0.11737,
    "h": 183.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.42639
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C2B2

secondary

#CB8A92

accent

#495BDF

background

#F8FDFC

surface

#F0FAF8

border

#CBD3D1

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C2B2

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

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