#38C2BF#38C2BF

#38C2BF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.432; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.114 H 192.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#38C2BF
RGBrgb(56, 194, 191)
HSLhsl(179, 55%, 49%)
HSVhsv(179, 71%, 76%)
CMYKcmyk(71.1%, 0%, 1.5%, 23.9%)
CIE-LABlab(71.68, -36.28, -9.09)
CIE-LCHlch(71.68, 37.40, 194.06°)
OKLaboklab(74.23% -0.1113 -0.0253)
OKLCHoklch(74.23% 0.114 192.8)
XYZxyz(30.3223, 43.1823, 56.0170)
Luminance0.4319 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#38C2BF #C2383B
analogous
#38C27A #38C2BF #3880C2
triadic
#38C2BF #BF38C2 #C2BF38
tetradic
#38C2BF #7A38C2 #C2383B #80C238
square
#38C2BF #7A38C2 #C2383B #80C238
split-complementary
#38C2BF #C23880 #C27A38
monochromatic
#1D6361 #2A9390 #38C2BF #65D2D0 #94E0DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18
#38C2BF on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.64
#38C2BF on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C2BF
9.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##38C2BF#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##38C2BF1.002.189.649.64
#FFFFFF2.181.0021.0021.00
#0000009.6421.001.001.00
##0000009.6421.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#B6B8BF
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#A2A9C0
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00C8C1
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #38c2bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 194, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.114 192.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84d5d2',
    500: '#38c2bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #38c2bf;
$custom-light: #84d5d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#38c2bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.696,
    "s": 55.2,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74233,
    "c": 0.11416,
    "h": 192.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.43186
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#38C2BF
secondary
#CB8A8C
accent
#494DDF
background
#F8FDFC
surface
#F0FAF9
border
#CBD3D2
text
#0C1414
muted
#7D8382

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#38C2BF Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva