#38C3C0#38C3C0

#38C3C0 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.437; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.115 H 192.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C3C0
RGB	rgb(56, 195, 192)
HSL	hsl(179, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(179, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.3%, 0%, 1.5%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.01, -36.46, -9.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.01, 37.58, 194.07°)
OKLab	oklab(74.51% -0.1119 -0.0255)
OKLCH	oklch(74.51% 0.115 192.8)
XYZ	xyz(30.6560, 43.6731, 56.6730)
Luminance	0.4368 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C3C0 #C3383B

analogous

#38C37B #38C3C0 #3881C3

triadic

#38C3C0 #C038C3 #C3C038

tetradic

#38C3C0 #7B38C3 #C3383B #81C338

square

#38C3C0 #7B38C3 #C3383B #81C338

split-complementary

#38C3C0 #C33881 #C37B38

monochromatic

#1D6462 #2A9391 #38C3C0 #65D3D1 #95E1DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#38C3C0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.74

#38C3C0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C3C0

9.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C3C0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C3C0	1.00	2.16	9.74	9.74
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7B9C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3AAC1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C9C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c3c0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 195, 192);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.115 192.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84d5d3',
    500: '#38c3c0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c3c0;
$custom-light: #84d5d3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c3c0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 192
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.705,
    "s": 55.378,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74511,
    "c": 0.11473,
    "h": 192.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.43677
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C3C0

secondary

#CC8B8C

accent

#494CDF

background

#F8FDFC

surface

#F0FAF9

border

#CBD3D2

text

#0C1414

muted

#7D8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C3C0

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

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