#38C3B1#38C3B1

#38C3B1 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.430; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.119 H 182.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C3B1
RGB	rgb(56, 195, 177)
HSL	hsl(172, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(172, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.3%, 0%, 9.2%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.58, -40.61, -1.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.58, 40.64, 182.24°)
OKLab	oklab(74.02% -0.1186 -0.005)
OKLCH	oklch(74.02% 0.119 182.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.0780, 43.0419, 48.3619)
Luminance	0.4304 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C3B1 #C3384A

analogous

#38C36C #38C3B1 #3890C3

triadic

#38C3B1 #B138C3 #C3B138

tetradic

#38C3B1 #6C38C3 #C3384A #90C338

square

#38C3B1 #6C38C3 #C3384A #90C338

split-complementary

#38C3B1 #C33890 #C36C38

monochromatic

#1D645B #2A9386 #38C3B1 #65D3C5 #95E1D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#38C3B1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.61

#38C3B1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C3B1

9.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C3B1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C3B1	1.00	2.19	9.61	9.61
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAB8B0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7A9B3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C7BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c3b1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 195, 177);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.119 182.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83d6c8',
    500: '#38c3b1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c3b1;
$custom-light: #83d6c8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c3b1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 177
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.23,
    "s": 55.378,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74023,
    "c": 0.11869,
    "h": 182.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.43045
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C3B1

secondary

#CC8B93

accent

#495CDF

background

#F8FDFC

surface

#F0FAF8

border

#CBD3D1

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C3B1

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

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