#38C4BB#38C4BB

#38C4BB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.439; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.116 H 188.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C4BB
RGB	rgb(56, 196, 187)
HSL	hsl(176, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(176, 71%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.4%, 0%, 4.6%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.16, -38.32, -6.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.16, 38.82, 189.17°)
OKLab	oklab(74.59% -0.1151 -0.0174)
OKLCH	oklch(74.59% 0.116 188.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.3363, 43.9049, 53.8797)
Luminance	0.4391 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C4BB #C43841

analogous

#38C475 #38C4BB #3887C4

triadic

#38C4BB #BB38C4 #C4BB38

tetradic

#38C4BB #7538C4 #C43841 #87C438

square

#38C4BB #7538C4 #C43841 #87C438

split-complementary

#38C4BB #C43887 #C47538

monochromatic

#1D6560 #2A948E #38C4BB #66D3CC #96E1DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#38C4BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.78

#38C4BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C4BB

9.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C4BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C4BB	1.00	2.15	9.78	9.78
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9B9BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5ABBC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C9C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c4bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 196, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.116 188.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84d6cf',
    500: '#38c4bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c4bb;
$custom-light: #84d6cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c4bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.143,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74589,
    "c": 0.11638,
    "h": 188.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.43908
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C4BB

secondary

#CC8C90

accent

#4953DF

background

#F8FDFC

surface

#F0FAF9

border

#CBD3D2

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C4BB

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

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