#38C2C5#38C2C5

#38C2C5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.435; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.114 H 197.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C2C5
RGB	rgb(56, 194, 197)
HSL	hsl(181, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(181, 72%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.6%, 1.5%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.86, -34.55, -12.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.86, 36.60, 199.28°)
OKLab	oklab(74.44% -0.1087 -0.0336)
OKLCH	oklch(74.44% 0.114 197.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.9962, 43.4519, 59.5659)
Luminance	0.4346 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C2C5 #C53B38

analogous

#38C582 #38C2C5 #387BC5

triadic

#38C2C5 #C538C2 #C2C538

tetradic

#38C2C5 #8238C5 #C53B38 #7BC538

square

#38C2C5 #8238C5 #C53B38 #7BC538

split-complementary

#38C2C5 #C5387B #C58238

monochromatic

#1D6466 #2A9395 #38C2C5 #67D1D4 #96E0E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#38C2C5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.69

#38C2C5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C2C5

9.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C2C5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C2C5	1.00	2.17	9.69	9.69
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5B9C5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0AAC6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C9C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c2c5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 194, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.114 197.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84d5d6',
    500: '#38c2c5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c2c5;
$custom-light: #84d5d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c2c5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.277,
    "s": 55.731,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74441,
    "c": 0.11378,
    "h": 197.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.43456
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C2C5

secondary

#CD8E8C

accent

#4C49DF

background

#F8FDFD

surface

#F0FAFA

border

#CBD3D3

text

#0C1414

muted

#7D8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C2C5

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

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