#38C3C5#38C3C5

#38C3C5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.439; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.114 H 196.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C3C5
RGB	rgb(56, 195, 197)
HSL	hsl(181, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(181, 72%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.6%, 1%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.16, -35.02, -11.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.16, 36.90, 198.39°)
OKLab	oklab(74.68% -0.1097 -0.0323)
OKLCH	oklch(74.68% 0.114 196.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.2195, 43.8985, 59.6404)
Luminance	0.4390 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C3C5 #C53A38

analogous

#38C581 #38C3C5 #387DC5

triadic

#38C3C5 #C538C3 #C3C538

tetradic

#38C3C5 #8138C5 #C53A38 #7DC538

square

#38C3C5 #8138C5 #C53A38 #7DC538

split-complementary

#38C3C5 #C5387D #C58138

monochromatic

#1D6566 #2A9495 #38C3C5 #67D2D4 #96E0E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#38C3C5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.78

#38C3C5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C3C5

9.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C3C5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C3C5	1.00	2.15	9.78	9.78
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6BAC5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1AAC6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C9C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c3c5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 195, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.114 196.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84d5d6',
    500: '#38c3c5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c3c5;
$custom-light: #84d5d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c3c5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.851,
    "s": 55.731,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74684,
    "c": 0.11436,
    "h": 196.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.43902
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C3C5

secondary

#CD8D8C

accent

#4B49DF

background

#F8FDFD

surface

#F0FAFA

border

#CBD3D3

text

#0D1414

muted

#7D8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C3C5

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

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