#38C4BC#38C4BC

#38C4BC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.440; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.116 H 189.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C4BC
RGB	rgb(56, 196, 188)
HSL	hsl(177, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(177, 71%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.4%, 0%, 4.1%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.19, -38.04, -6.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.19, 38.63, 189.97°)
OKLab	oklab(74.62% -0.1146 -0.0187)
OKLCH	oklch(74.62% 0.116 189.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.4437, 43.9478, 54.4455)
Luminance	0.4395 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C4BC #C43840

analogous

#38C476 #38C4BC #3886C4

triadic

#38C4BC #BC38C4 #C4BC38

tetradic

#38C4BC #7638C4 #C43840 #86C438

square

#38C4BC #7638C4 #C43840 #86C438

split-complementary

#38C4BC #C43886 #C47638

monochromatic

#1D6561 #2A948E #38C4BC #66D3CD #96E1DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#38C4BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.79

#38C4BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C4BC

9.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C4BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C4BC	1.00	2.15	9.79	9.79
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9BABC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5ABBD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C9C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c4bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 196, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.116 189.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84d6d0',
    500: '#38c4bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c4bc;
$custom-light: #84d6d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c4bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.571,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74622,
    "c": 0.11615,
    "h": 189.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.43951
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C4BC

secondary

#CC8C8F

accent

#4951DF

background

#F8FDFC

surface

#F0FAF9

border

#CBD3D2

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C4BC

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

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