#38C3B4#38C3B4

#38C3B4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.432; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.118 H 184.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C3B4
RGB	rgb(56, 195, 180)
HSL	hsl(174, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(174, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.3%, 0%, 7.7%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.67, -39.80, -3.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.67, 39.92, 184.46°)
OKLab	oklab(74.12% -0.1172 -0.009)
OKLCH	oklch(74.12% 0.118 184.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.3803, 43.1628, 49.9540)
Luminance	0.4317 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C3B4 #C33847

analogous

#38C36F #38C3B4 #388DC3

triadic

#38C3B4 #B438C3 #C3B438

tetradic

#38C3B4 #6F38C3 #C33847 #8DC338

square

#38C3B4 #6F38C3 #C33847 #8DC338

split-complementary

#38C3B4 #C3388D #C36F38

monochromatic

#1D645C #2A9388 #38C3B4 #65D3C7 #95E1D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#38C3B4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.63

#38C3B4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C3B4

9.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C3B4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C3B4	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)

#B9B8B4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6AAB6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C7BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c3b4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 195, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.118 184.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83d6ca',
    500: '#38c3b4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c3b4;
$custom-light: #83d6ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c3b4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.525,
    "s": 55.378,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74117,
    "c": 0.11757,
    "h": 184.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.43166
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C3B4

secondary

#CC8B92

accent

#4959DF

background

#F8FDFC

surface

#F0FAF8

border

#CBD3D1

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C3B4

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

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