#38C2BD#38C2BD

#38C2BD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.431; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.114 H 191.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C2BD
RGB	rgb(56, 194, 189)
HSL	hsl(178, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(178, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.1%, 0%, 2.6%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.62, -36.85, -8.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.62, 37.72, 192.37°)
OKLab	oklab(74.17% -0.1122 -0.0226)
OKLCH	oklch(74.17% 0.114 191.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.1037, 43.0949, 54.8658)
Luminance	0.4310 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C2BD #C2383D

analogous

#38C278 #38C2BD #3882C2

triadic

#38C2BD #BD38C2 #C2BD38

tetradic

#38C2BD #7838C2 #C2383D #82C238

square

#38C2BD #7838C2 #C2383D #82C238

split-complementary

#38C2BD #C23882 #C27838

monochromatic

#1D6360 #2A938F #38C2BD #65D2CE #94E0DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#38C2BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.62

#38C2BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C2BD

9.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C2BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C2BD	1.00	2.18	9.62	9.62
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6B8BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2A9BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C7C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c2bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 194, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.114 191.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84d5d0',
    500: '#38c2bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c2bd;
$custom-light: #84d5d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c2bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.826,
    "s": 55.2,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74165,
    "c": 0.11445,
    "h": 191.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.43098
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C2BD

secondary

#CB8A8D

accent

#494FDF

background

#F8FDFC

surface

#F0FAF9

border

#CBD3D2

text

#0C1414

muted

#7D8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C2BD

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

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