#38C4B6#38C4B6

#38C4B6 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.437; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.118 H 185.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C4B6
RGB	rgb(56, 196, 182)
HSL	hsl(174, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(174, 71%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.4%, 0%, 7.1%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.02, -39.70, -3.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.02, 39.87, 185.28°)
OKLab	oklab(74.43% -0.1173 -0.0105)
OKLCH	oklch(74.43% 0.118 185.1)
XYZ	xyz(29.8103, 43.6945, 51.1097)
Luminance	0.4370 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C4B6 #C43846

analogous

#38C470 #38C4B6 #388CC4

triadic

#38C4B6 #B638C4 #C4B638

tetradic

#38C4B6 #7038C4 #C43846 #8CC438

square

#38C4B6 #7038C4 #C43846 #8CC438

split-complementary

#38C4B6 #C4388C #C47038

monochromatic

#1D655E #2A948A #38C4B6 #66D3C8 #96E1D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#38C4B6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.74

#38C4B6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C4B6

9.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C4B6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C4B6	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)

#BAB9B6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6AAB8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C8BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c4b6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 196, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.118 185.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83d6cb',
    500: '#38c4b6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c4b6;
$custom-light: #83d6cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c4b6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74428,
    "c": 0.11779,
    "h": 185.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.43698
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C4B6

secondary

#CC8C92

accent

#4958DF

background

#F8FDFC

surface

#F0FAF8

border

#CBD3D1

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C4B6

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

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