#38C4BD#38C4BD

#38C4BD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.440; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.116 H 190.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C4BD
RGB	rgb(56, 196, 189)
HSL	hsl(177, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(177, 71%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.4%, 0%, 3.6%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.22, -37.76, -7.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.22, 38.44, 190.78°)
OKLab	oklab(74.66% -0.1142 -0.0201)
OKLCH	oklch(74.66% 0.116 190)
XYZ	xyz(30.5518, 43.9911, 55.0152)
Luminance	0.4400 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C4BD #C4383F

analogous

#38C477 #38C4BD #3885C4

triadic

#38C4BD #BD38C4 #C4BD38

tetradic

#38C4BD #7738C4 #C4383F #85C438

square

#38C4BD #7738C4 #C4383F #85C438

split-complementary

#38C4BD #C43885 #C47738

monochromatic

#1D6561 #2A948F #38C4BD #66D3CE #96E1DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#38C4BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.80

#38C4BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C4BD

9.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C4BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C4BD	1.00	2.14	9.80	9.80
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9BABD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4ABBE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C9C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c4bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 196, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.116 190.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84d6d0',
    500: '#38c4bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c4bd;
$custom-light: #84d6d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c4bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74655,
    "c": 0.11595,
    "h": 190
  },
  "luminance": 0.43995
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C4BD

secondary

#CC8C8F

accent

#4950DF

background

#F8FDFC

surface

#F0FAF9

border

#CBD3D2

text

#0C1414

muted

#7D8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C4BD

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

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