#38C3B5#38C3B5

#38C3B5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.432; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.117 H 185.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C3B5
RGB	rgb(56, 195, 181)
HSL	hsl(174, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(174, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.3%, 0%, 7.2%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.69, -39.52, -3.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.69, 39.69, 185.22°)
OKLab	oklab(74.15% -0.1168 -0.0104)
OKLCH	oklch(74.15% 0.117 185.1)
XYZ	xyz(29.4825, 43.2037, 50.4924)
Luminance	0.4321 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C3B5 #C33846

analogous

#38C370 #38C3B5 #388CC3

triadic

#38C3B5 #B538C3 #C3B538

tetradic

#38C3B5 #7038C3 #C33846 #8CC338

square

#38C3B5 #7038C3 #C33846 #8CC338

split-complementary

#38C3B5 #C3388C #C37038

monochromatic

#1D645D #2A9389 #38C3B5 #65D3C8 #95E1D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#38C3B5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.64

#38C3B5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C3B5

9.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C3B5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C3B5	1.00	2.18	9.64	9.64
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9B8B5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6AAB7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C7BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c3b5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 195, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.117 185.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83d6cb',
    500: '#38c3b5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c3b5;
$custom-light: #83d6cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c3b5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.957,
    "s": 55.378,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74149,
    "c": 0.11723,
    "h": 185.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.43207
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C3B5

secondary

#CC8B92

accent

#4958DF

background

#F8FDFC

surface

#F0FAF8

border

#CBD3D1

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C3B5

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

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