#38C3BE#38C3BE

#38C3BE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.436; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.115 H 191.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C3BE
RGB	rgb(56, 195, 190)
HSL	hsl(178, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(178, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.3%, 0%, 2.6%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.95, -37.02, -8.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.95, 37.91, 192.40°)
OKLab	oklab(74.44% -0.1127 -0.0227)
OKLCH	oklch(74.44% 0.115 191.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.4360, 43.5851, 55.5139)
Luminance	0.4359 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C3BE #C3383D

analogous

#38C379 #38C3BE #3883C3

triadic

#38C3BE #BE38C3 #C3BE38

tetradic

#38C3BE #7938C3 #C3383D #83C338

square

#38C3BE #7938C3 #C3383D #83C338

split-complementary

#38C3BE #C33883 #C37938

monochromatic

#1D6461 #2A9390 #38C3BE #65D3CF #95E1DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#38C3BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.72

#38C3BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C3BE

9.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C3BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C3BE	1.00	2.16	9.72	9.72
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7B9BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3AABF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C9C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c3be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 195, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.115 191.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84d5d1',
    500: '#38c3be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c3be;
$custom-light: #84d5d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c3be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.842,
    "s": 55.378,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74444,
    "c": 0.11501,
    "h": 191.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.43589
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C3BE

secondary

#CC8B8D

accent

#494EDF

background

#F8FDFC

surface

#F0FAF9

border

#CBD3D2

text

#0C1414

muted

#7D8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C3BE

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

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