#38C2C0#38C2C0

#38C2C0 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.432; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.114 H 193.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C2C0
RGB	rgb(56, 194, 192)
HSL	hsl(179, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(179, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.1%, 0%, 1%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.71, -35.99, -9.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.71, 37.25, 194.92°)
OKLab	oklab(74.27% -0.1109 -0.0267)
OKLCH	oklch(74.27% 0.114 193.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.4327, 43.2265, 56.5986)
Luminance	0.4323 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C2C0 #C2383A

analogous

#38C27B #38C2C0 #387FC2

triadic

#38C2C0 #C038C2 #C2C038

tetradic

#38C2C0 #7B38C2 #C2383A #7FC238

square

#38C2C0 #7B38C2 #C2383A #7FC238

split-complementary

#38C2C0 #C2387F #C27B38

monochromatic

#1D6362 #2A9391 #38C2C0 #65D2D1 #94E0DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#38C2C0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.65

#38C2C0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C2C0

9.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C2C0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C2C0	1.00	2.18	9.65	9.65
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6B8C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1A9C1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C8C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c2c0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 194, 192);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.114 193.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84d5d3',
    500: '#38c2c0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c2c0;
$custom-light: #84d5d3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c2c0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 192
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.13,
    "s": 55.2,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74267,
    "c": 0.11405,
    "h": 193.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.4323
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C2C0

secondary

#CB8A8B

accent

#494BDF

background

#F8FDFC

surface

#F0FAF9

border

#CBD3D2

text

#0C1414

muted

#7D8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C2C0

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

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