#38C4C2#38C4C2

#38C4C2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.442; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.115 H 193.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C4C2
RGB	rgb(56, 196, 194)
HSL	hsl(179, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(179, 71%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.4%, 0%, 1%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.37, -36.35, -9.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.37, 37.62, 194.93°)
OKLab	oklab(74.82% -0.112 -0.027)
OKLCH	oklch(74.82% 0.115 193.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.1040, 44.2120, 57.9229)
Luminance	0.4422 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C4C2 #C4383A

analogous

#38C47C #38C4C2 #3880C4

triadic

#38C4C2 #C238C4 #C4C238

tetradic

#38C4C2 #7C38C4 #C4383A #80C438

square

#38C4C2 #7C38C4 #C4383A #80C438

split-complementary

#38C4C2 #C43880 #C47C38

monochromatic

#1D6564 #2A9493 #38C4C2 #66D3D2 #96E1E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#38C4C2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.84

#38C4C2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C4C2

9.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C4C2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C4C2	1.00	2.13	9.84	9.84
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8BAC2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3ABC3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CAC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c4c2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 196, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.115 193.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84d6d4',
    500: '#38c4c2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c4c2;
$custom-light: #84d6d4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c4c2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.143,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74824,
    "c": 0.11518,
    "h": 193.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.44216
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C4C2

secondary

#CC8C8D

accent

#494BDF

background

#F8FDFC

surface

#F0FAF9

border

#CBD3D2

text

#0C1414

muted

#7D8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C4C2

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

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