#38C4B3#38C4B3

#38C4B3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.436; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.119 H 183.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C4B3
RGB	rgb(56, 196, 179)
HSL	hsl(173, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(173, 71%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.4%, 0%, 8.7%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.94, -40.51, -2.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.94, 40.57, 183.05°)
OKLab	oklab(74.33% -0.1187 -0.0065)
OKLCH	oklch(74.33% 0.119 183.1)
XYZ	xyz(29.5036, 43.5718, 49.4944)
Luminance	0.4358 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C4B3 #C43849

analogous

#38C46D #38C4B3 #388FC4

triadic

#38C4B3 #B338C4 #C4B338

tetradic

#38C4B3 #6D38C4 #C43849 #8FC438

square

#38C4B3 #6D38C4 #C43849 #8FC438

split-complementary

#38C4B3 #C4388F #C46D38

monochromatic

#1D655C #2A9488 #38C4B3 #66D3C6 #96E1D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#38C4B3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.72

#38C4B3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C4B3

9.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C4B3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C4B3	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)

#BBB9B2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7AAB5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C8BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c4b3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 196, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.119 183.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83d6c9',
    500: '#38c4b3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c4b3;
$custom-light: #83d6c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c4b3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.714,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74333,
    "c": 0.11886,
    "h": 183.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.43575
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C4B3

secondary

#CC8C93

accent

#495BDF

background

#F8FDFC

surface

#F0FAF8

border

#CBD3D1

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C4B3

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

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