#38C4B5#38C4B5

#38C4B5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.437; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.118 H 184.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C4B5
RGB	rgb(56, 196, 181)
HSL	hsl(174, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(174, 71%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.4%, 0%, 7.7%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.00, -39.97, -3.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.00, 40.10, 184.53°)
OKLab	oklab(74.4% -0.1178 -0.0092)
OKLCH	oklch(74.4% 0.118 184.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.7073, 43.6533, 50.5674)
Luminance	0.4366 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C4B5 #C43847

analogous

#38C46F #38C4B5 #388DC4

triadic

#38C4B5 #B538C4 #C4B538

tetradic

#38C4B5 #6F38C4 #C43847 #8DC438

square

#38C4B5 #6F38C4 #C43847 #8DC438

split-complementary

#38C4B5 #C4388D #C46F38

monochromatic

#1D655D #2A9489 #38C4B5 #66D3C8 #96E1D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#38C4B5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.73

#38C4B5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C4B5

9.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C4B5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C4B5	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)

#BAB9B5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7AAB7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C8BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c4b5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 196, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.118 184.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83d6cb',
    500: '#38c4b5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c4b5;
$custom-light: #83d6cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c4b5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.571,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74396,
    "c": 0.11813,
    "h": 184.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.43657
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C4B5

secondary

#CC8C93

accent

#4959DF

background

#F8FDFC

surface

#F0FAF8

border

#CBD3D1

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C4B5

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

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