#38C2B4#38C2B4

#38C2B4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.427; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.117 H 185.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C2B4
RGB	rgb(56, 194, 180)
HSL	hsl(174, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(174, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.1%, 0%, 7.2%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.36, -39.35, -3.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.36, 39.51, 185.16°)
OKLab	oklab(73.87% -0.1162 -0.0102)
OKLCH	oklch(73.87% 0.117 185)
XYZ	xyz(29.1570, 42.7162, 49.8795)
Luminance	0.4272 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C2B4 #C23846

analogous

#38C26F #38C2B4 #388BC2

triadic

#38C2B4 #B438C2 #C2B438

tetradic

#38C2B4 #6F38C2 #C23846 #8BC238

square

#38C2B4 #6F38C2 #C23846 #8BC238

split-complementary

#38C2B4 #C2388B #C26F38

monochromatic

#1D635C #2A9388 #38C2B4 #65D2C7 #94E0D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#38C2B4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.54

#38C2B4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C2B4

9.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C2B4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C2B4	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)

#B8B7B4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5A9B5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C6BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c2b4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 194, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.117 185.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83d5ca',
    500: '#38c2b4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c2b4;
$custom-light: #83d5ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c2b4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.913,
    "s": 55.2,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7387,
    "c": 0.11667,
    "h": 185
  },
  "luminance": 0.4272
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C2B4

secondary

#CB8A91

accent

#4958DF

background

#F8FDFC

surface

#F0FAF8

border

#CBD3D1

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C2B4

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

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