#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
RGB	rgb(56, 194, 191)
HSL	hsl(179, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(179, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.1%, 0%, 1.5%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.68, -36.28, -9.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.68, 37.40, 194.06°)
OKLab	oklab(74.23% -0.1113 -0.0253)
OKLCH	oklch(74.23% 0.114 192.8)
XYZ	xyz(30.3223, 43.1823, 56.0170)
Luminance	0.4319 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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
##38C2BF	1.00	2.18	9.64	9.64
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C2BF

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

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