#38C3B3#38C3B3

#38C3B3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.431; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.118 H 183.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C3B3
RGB	rgb(56, 195, 179)
HSL	hsl(173, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(173, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.3%, 0%, 8.2%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.64, -40.07, -2.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.64, 40.15, 183.71°)
OKLab	oklab(74.09% -0.1177 -0.0077)
OKLCH	oklch(74.09% 0.118 183.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.2788, 43.1222, 49.4194)
Luminance	0.4313 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C3B3 #C33848

analogous

#38C36E #38C3B3 #388DC3

triadic

#38C3B3 #B338C3 #C3B338

tetradic

#38C3B3 #6E38C3 #C33848 #8DC338

square

#38C3B3 #6E38C3 #C33848 #8DC338

split-complementary

#38C3B3 #C3388D #C36E38

monochromatic

#1D645C #2A9387 #38C3B3 #65D3C6 #95E1D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#38C3B3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.63

#38C3B3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C3B3

9.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C3B3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C3B3	1.00	2.18	9.63	9.63
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAB8B2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6AAB5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C7BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c3b3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 195, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.118 183.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83d6c9',
    500: '#38c3b3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c3b3;
$custom-light: #83d6c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c3b3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.094,
    "s": 55.378,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74086,
    "c": 0.11793,
    "h": 183.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.43126
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C3B3

secondary

#CC8B92

accent

#495ADF

background

#F8FDFC

surface

#F0FAF8

border

#CBD3D1

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C3B3

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

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