#38C3B2#38C3B2

#38C3B2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.431; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.118 H 183.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C3B2
RGB	rgb(56, 195, 178)
HSL	hsl(173, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(173, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.3%, 0%, 8.7%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.61, -40.34, -2.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.61, 40.39, 182.97°)
OKLab	oklab(74.05% -0.1181 -0.0063)
OKLCH	oklch(74.05% 0.118 183.1)
XYZ	xyz(29.1780, 43.0819, 48.8887)
Luminance	0.4309 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C3B2 #C33849

analogous

#38C36D #38C3B2 #388FC3

triadic

#38C3B2 #B238C3 #C3B238

tetradic

#38C3B2 #6D38C3 #C33849 #8FC338

square

#38C3B2 #6D38C3 #C33849 #8FC338

split-complementary

#38C3B2 #C3388F #C36D38

monochromatic

#1D645B #2A9387 #38C3B2 #65D3C5 #95E1D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#38C3B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.62

#38C3B2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C3B2

9.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C3B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C3B2	1.00	2.18	9.62	9.62
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAB8B1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6A9B4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C7BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c3b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 195, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.118 183.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83d6c9',
    500: '#38c3b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c3b2;
$custom-light: #83d6c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c3b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.662,
    "s": 55.378,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74054,
    "c": 0.1183,
    "h": 183.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.43085
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C3B2

secondary

#CC8B93

accent

#495BDF

background

#F8FDFC

surface

#F0FAF8

border

#CBD3D1

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C3B2

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

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