#38C3BA#38C3BA

#38C3BA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.434; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.116 H 188.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C3BA
RGB	rgb(56, 195, 186)
HSL	hsl(176, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(176, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.3%, 0%, 4.6%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.83, -38.14, -6.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.83, 38.63, 189.13°)
OKLab	oklab(74.31% -0.1145 -0.0172)
OKLCH	oklch(74.31% 0.116 188.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.0048, 43.4126, 53.2430)
Luminance	0.4342 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C3BA #C33841

analogous

#38C375 #38C3BA #3887C3

triadic

#38C3BA #BA38C3 #C3BA38

tetradic

#38C3BA #7538C3 #C33841 #87C338

square

#38C3BA #7538C3 #C33841 #87C338

split-complementary

#38C3BA #C33887 #C37538

monochromatic

#1D645F #2A938D #38C3BA #65D3CC #95E1DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#38C3BA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.68

#38C3BA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C3BA

9.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C3BA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C3BA	1.00	2.17	9.68	9.68
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8B9BA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4AABB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C8C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c3ba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 195, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.116 188.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83d6ce',
    500: '#38c3ba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c3ba;
$custom-light: #83d6ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c3ba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.115,
    "s": 55.378,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74311,
    "c": 0.11582,
    "h": 188.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.43416
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C3BA

secondary

#CC8B8F

accent

#4953DF

background

#F8FDFC

surface

#F0FAF9

border

#CBD3D2

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C3BA

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

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