#38C4B2#38C4B2

#38C4B2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.435; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.119 H 182.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C4B2
RGB	rgb(56, 196, 178)
HSL	hsl(172, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(172, 71%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.4%, 0%, 9.2%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.91, -40.78, -1.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.91, 40.82, 182.32°)
OKLab	oklab(74.3% -0.1191 -0.0051)
OKLCH	oklch(74.3% 0.119 182.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.4028, 43.5315, 48.9636)
Luminance	0.4354 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C4B2 #C4384A

analogous

#38C46C #38C4B2 #3890C4

triadic

#38C4B2 #B238C4 #C4B238

tetradic

#38C4B2 #6C38C4 #C4384A #90C438

square

#38C4B2 #6C38C4 #C4384A #90C438

split-complementary

#38C4B2 #C43890 #C46C38

monochromatic

#1D655C #2A9487 #38C4B2 #66D3C5 #96E1D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#38C4B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.71

#38C4B2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C4B2

9.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C4B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C4B2	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)

#BBB9B1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7AAB4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C8BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c4b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 196, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.119 182.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83d6c9',
    500: '#38c4b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c4b2;
$custom-light: #83d6c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c4b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.286,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74302,
    "c": 0.11924,
    "h": 182.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.43535
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C4B2

secondary

#CC8C94

accent

#495CDF

background

#F8FDFC

surface

#F0FAF8

border

#CBD3D1

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C4B2

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

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