#38C2B8#38C2B8

#38C2B8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.429; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.115 H 187.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C2B8
RGB	rgb(56, 194, 184)
HSL	hsl(176, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(176, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.1%, 0%, 5.2%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.47, -38.25, -5.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.47, 38.65, 188.29°)
OKLab	oklab(74% -0.1144 -0.0157)
OKLCH	oklch(74% 0.115 187.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.5703, 42.8815, 52.0566)
Luminance	0.4289 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C2B8 #C23842

analogous

#38C273 #38C2B8 #3887C2

triadic

#38C2B8 #B838C2 #C2B838

tetradic

#38C2B8 #7338C2 #C23842 #87C238

square

#38C2B8 #7338C2 #C23842 #87C238

split-complementary

#38C2B8 #C23887 #C27338

monochromatic

#1D635E #2A938B #38C2B8 #65D2CB #94E0DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#38C2B8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.58

#38C2B8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C2B8

9.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C2B8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C2B8	1.00	2.19	9.58	9.58
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7B7B8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4A9B9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C7BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c2b8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 194, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.115 187.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83d5cd',
    500: '#38c2b8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c2b8;
$custom-light: #83d5cd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c2b8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.652,
    "s": 55.2,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73999,
    "c": 0.11549,
    "h": 187.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.42885
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C2B8

secondary

#CB8A8F

accent

#4954DF

background

#F8FDFC

surface

#F0FAF8

border

#CBD3D1

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C2B8

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

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