#38C4BF#38C4BF

#38C4BF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.441; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.116 H 191.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C4BF
RGB	rgb(56, 196, 191)
HSL	hsl(178, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(178, 71%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.4%, 0%, 2.6%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.28, -37.20, -8.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.28, 38.09, 192.42°)
OKLab	oklab(74.72% -0.1133 -0.0229)
OKLCH	oklch(74.72% 0.116 191.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.7704, 44.0785, 56.1664)
Luminance	0.4408 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C4BF #C4383D

analogous

#38C479 #38C4BF #3883C4

triadic

#38C4BF #BF38C4 #C4BF38

tetradic

#38C4BF #7938C4 #C4383D #83C438

square

#38C4BF #7938C4 #C4383D #83C438

split-complementary

#38C4BF #C43883 #C47938

monochromatic

#1D6562 #2A9491 #38C4BF #66D3CF #96E1DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#38C4BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.82

#38C4BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C4BF

9.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C4BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C4BF	1.00	2.14	9.82	9.82
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8BABF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4ABC0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CAC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c4bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 196, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.116 191.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84d6d2',
    500: '#38c4bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c4bf;
$custom-light: #84d6d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c4bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.857,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74722,
    "c": 0.11558,
    "h": 191.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.44082
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C4BF

secondary

#CC8C8E

accent

#494EDF

background

#F8FDFC

surface

#F0FAF9

border

#CBD3D2

text

#0C1414

muted

#7D8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C4BF

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

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