#38C2B3#38C2B3

#38C2B3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.427; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.117 H 184.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C2B3
RGB	rgb(56, 194, 179)
HSL	hsl(173, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(173, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.1%, 0%, 7.7%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.33, -39.62, -3.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.33, 39.74, 184.40°)
OKLab	oklab(73.84% -0.1167 -0.0089)
OKLCH	oklch(73.84% 0.117 184.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.0555, 42.6756, 49.3450)
Luminance	0.4268 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C2B3 #C23847

analogous

#38C26E #38C2B3 #388CC2

triadic

#38C2B3 #B338C2 #C2B338

tetradic

#38C2B3 #6E38C2 #C23847 #8CC238

square

#38C2B3 #6E38C2 #C23847 #8CC238

split-complementary

#38C2B3 #C2388C #C26E38

monochromatic

#1D635B #2A9387 #38C2B3 #65D2C7 #94E0D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#38C2B3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.54

#38C2B3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C2B3

9.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C2B3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C2B3	1.00	2.20	9.54	9.54
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8B7B3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5A9B5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C6BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c2b3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 194, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.117 184.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83d5c9',
    500: '#38c2b3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c2b3;
$custom-light: #83d5c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c2b3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.478,
    "s": 55.2,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73838,
    "c": 0.11702,
    "h": 184.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.42679
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C2B3

secondary

#CB8A91

accent

#4959DF

background

#F8FDFC

surface

#F0FAF8

border

#CBD3D1

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C2B3

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

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