#38C2BA#38C2BA

#38C2BA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.430; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.115 H 189.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C2BA
RGB	rgb(56, 194, 186)
HSL	hsl(177, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(177, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.1%, 0%, 4.1%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.53, -37.69, -6.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.53, 38.26, 189.90°)
OKLab	oklab(74.07% -0.1135 -0.0184)
OKLCH	oklch(74.07% 0.115 189.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.7815, 42.9660, 53.1685)
Luminance	0.4297 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C2BA #C23840

analogous

#38C275 #38C2BA #3885C2

triadic

#38C2BA #BA38C2 #C2BA38

tetradic

#38C2BA #7538C2 #C23840 #85C238

square

#38C2BA #7538C2 #C23840 #85C238

split-complementary

#38C2BA #C23885 #C27538

monochromatic

#1D635F #2A938C #38C2BA #65D2CC #94E0DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#38C2BA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.59

#38C2BA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C2BA

9.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C2BA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C2BA	1.00	2.19	9.59	9.59
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7B8BA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3A9BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C7BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c2ba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 194, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.115 189.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83d5ce',
    500: '#38c2ba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c2ba;
$custom-light: #83d5ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c2ba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.522,
    "s": 55.2,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74065,
    "c": 0.11502,
    "h": 189.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.42969
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C2BA

secondary

#CB8A8E

accent

#4952DF

background

#F8FDFC

surface

#F0FAF9

border

#CBD3D2

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C2BA

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

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