#38C4BA#38C4BA

#38C4BA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.439; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.117 H 187.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C4BA
RGB	rgb(56, 196, 186)
HSL	hsl(176, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(176, 71%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.4%, 0%, 5.1%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.14, -38.60, -5.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.14, 39.02, 188.37°)
OKLab	oklab(74.56% -0.1155 -0.016)
OKLCH	oklch(74.56% 0.117 187.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.2296, 43.8622, 53.3179)
Luminance	0.4387 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C4BA #C43842

analogous

#38C474 #38C4BA #3888C4

triadic

#38C4BA #BA38C4 #C4BA38

tetradic

#38C4BA #7438C4 #C43842 #88C438

square

#38C4BA #7438C4 #C43842 #88C438

split-complementary

#38C4BA #C43888 #C47438

monochromatic

#1D6560 #2A948D #38C4BA #66D3CB #96E1DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#38C4BA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.77

#38C4BA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C4BA

9.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C4BA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C4BA	1.00	2.15	9.77	9.77
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9B9BA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5ABBB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C9C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c4ba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 196, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.117 187.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84d6ce',
    500: '#38c4ba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c4ba;
$custom-light: #84d6ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c4ba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.714,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74556,
    "c": 0.11662,
    "h": 187.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.43866
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C4BA

secondary

#CC8C90

accent

#4954DF

background

#F8FDFC

surface

#F0FAF9

border

#CBD3D2

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C4BA

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

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