#38C4BE#38C4BE

#38C4BE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.440; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.116 H 190.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C4BE
RGB	rgb(56, 196, 190)
HSL	hsl(177, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(177, 71%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.4%, 0%, 3.1%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.25, -37.48, -7.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.25, 38.26, 191.59°)
OKLab	oklab(74.69% -0.1137 -0.0215)
OKLCH	oklch(74.69% 0.116 190.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.6608, 44.0347, 55.5888)
Luminance	0.4404 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C4BE #C4383E

analogous

#38C478 #38C4BE #3884C4

triadic

#38C4BE #BE38C4 #C4BE38

tetradic

#38C4BE #7838C4 #C4383E #84C438

square

#38C4BE #7838C4 #C4383E #84C438

split-complementary

#38C4BE #C43884 #C47838

monochromatic

#1D6562 #2A9490 #38C4BE #66D3CF #96E1DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#38C4BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.81

#38C4BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C4BE

9.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C4BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C4BE	1.00	2.14	9.81	9.81
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8BABE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4ABBF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C9C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c4be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 196, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.116 190.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84d6d1',
    500: '#38c4be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c4be;
$custom-light: #84d6d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c4be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.429,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74689,
    "c": 0.11575,
    "h": 190.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.44038
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C4BE

secondary

#CC8C8E

accent

#494FDF

background

#F8FDFC

surface

#F0FAF9

border

#CBD3D2

text

#0C1414

muted

#7D8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C4BE

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

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