#38C3BC#38C3BC

#38C3BC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.435; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.115 H 190.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C3BC
RGB	rgb(56, 195, 188)
HSL	hsl(177, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(177, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.3%, 0%, 3.6%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.89, -37.59, -7.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.89, 38.26, 190.75°)
OKLab	oklab(74.38% -0.1136 -0.02)
OKLCH	oklch(74.38% 0.115 190)
XYZ	xyz(30.2189, 43.4982, 54.3706)
Luminance	0.4350 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C3BC #C3383F

analogous

#38C376 #38C3BC #3885C3

triadic

#38C3BC #BC38C3 #C3BC38

tetradic

#38C3BC #7638C3 #C3383F #85C338

square

#38C3BC #7638C3 #C3383F #85C338

split-complementary

#38C3BC #C33885 #C37638

monochromatic

#1D6460 #2A938E #38C3BC #65D3CD #95E1DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#38C3BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.70

#38C3BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C3BC

9.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C3BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C3BC	1.00	2.16	9.70	9.70
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8B9BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4AABD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C8C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c3bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 195, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.115 190.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84d6d0',
    500: '#38c3bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c3bc;
$custom-light: #84d6d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c3bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.978,
    "s": 55.378,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74377,
    "c": 0.11538,
    "h": 190
  },
  "luminance": 0.43502
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C3BC

secondary

#CC8B8E

accent

#4951DF

background

#F8FDFC

surface

#F0FAF9

border

#CBD3D2

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C3BC

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

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