#38C2BE#38C2BE

#38C2BE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.431; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.114 H 192.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C2BE
RGB	rgb(56, 194, 190)
HSL	hsl(178, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(178, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.1%, 0%, 2.1%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.65, -36.56, -8.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.65, 37.56, 193.21°)
OKLab	oklab(74.2% -0.1118 -0.0239)
OKLCH	oklch(74.2% 0.114 192.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.2127, 43.1385, 55.4395)
Luminance	0.4314 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C2BE #C2383C

analogous

#38C279 #38C2BE #3881C2

triadic

#38C2BE #BE38C2 #C2BE38

tetradic

#38C2BE #7938C2 #C2383C #81C238

square

#38C2BE #7938C2 #C2383C #81C238

split-complementary

#38C2BE #C23881 #C27938

monochromatic

#1D6361 #2A938F #38C2BE #65D2CF #94E0DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#38C2BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.63

#38C2BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C2BE

9.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C2BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C2BE	1.00	2.18	9.63	9.63
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6B8BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2A9BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C8C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c2be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 194, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.114 192.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84d5d1',
    500: '#38c2be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c2be;
$custom-light: #84d5d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c2be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.261,
    "s": 55.2,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74199,
    "c": 0.11429,
    "h": 192.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.43142
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C2BE

secondary

#CB8A8C

accent

#494EDF

background

#F8FDFC

surface

#F0FAF9

border

#CBD3D2

text

#0C1414

muted

#7D8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C2BE

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

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