#38C3BF#38C3BF

#38C3BF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.436; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.115 H 192.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C3BF
RGB	rgb(56, 195, 191)
HSL	hsl(178, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(178, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.3%, 0%, 2.1%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.98, -36.74, -8.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.98, 37.74, 193.23°)
OKLab	oklab(74.48% -0.1123 -0.0241)
OKLCH	oklch(74.48% 0.115 192.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.5456, 43.6289, 56.0915)
Luminance	0.4363 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C3BF #C3383C

analogous

#38C379 #38C3BF #3882C3

triadic

#38C3BF #BF38C3 #C3BF38

tetradic

#38C3BF #7938C3 #C3383C #82C338

square

#38C3BF #7938C3 #C3383C #82C338

split-complementary

#38C3BF #C33882 #C37938

monochromatic

#1D6462 #2A9390 #38C3BF #65D3D0 #95E1DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#38C3BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.73

#38C3BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C3BF

9.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C3BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C3BF	1.00	2.16	9.73	9.73
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7B9BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3AAC0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C9C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c3bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 195, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.115 192.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84d5d2',
    500: '#38c3bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c3bf;
$custom-light: #84d5d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c3bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.273,
    "s": 55.378,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74477,
    "c": 0.11486,
    "h": 192.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.43633
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C3BF

secondary

#CC8B8D

accent

#494DDF

background

#F8FDFC

surface

#F0FAF9

border

#CBD3D2

text

#0C1414

muted

#7D8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C3BF

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

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