#38C3BD#38C3BD

#38C3BD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.435; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.115 H 190.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C3BD
RGB	rgb(56, 195, 189)
HSL	hsl(177, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(177, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.3%, 0%, 3.1%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.92, -37.30, -7.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.92, 38.08, 191.57°)
OKLab	oklab(74.41% -0.1132 -0.0213)
OKLCH	oklch(74.41% 0.115 190.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.3270, 43.5415, 54.9403)
Luminance	0.4355 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C3BD #C3383E

analogous

#38C378 #38C3BD #3884C3

triadic

#38C3BD #BD38C3 #C3BD38

tetradic

#38C3BD #7838C3 #C3383E #84C338

square

#38C3BD #7838C3 #C3383E #84C338

split-complementary

#38C3BD #C33884 #C37838

monochromatic

#1D6461 #2A938F #38C3BD #65D3CE #95E1DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#38C3BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.71

#38C3BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C3BD

9.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C3BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C3BD	1.00	2.16	9.71	9.71
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7B9BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3AABE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C8C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c3bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 195, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.115 190.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84d6d0',
    500: '#38c3bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c3bd;
$custom-light: #84d6d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c3bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.41,
    "s": 55.378,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7441,
    "c": 0.11518,
    "h": 190.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.43545
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C3BD

secondary

#CC8B8E

accent

#4950DF

background

#F8FDFC

surface

#F0FAF9

border

#CBD3D2

text

#0C1414

muted

#7D8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C3BD

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

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