#38C4C3#38C4C3

#38C4C3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.443; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.115 H 194.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C4C3
RGB	rgb(56, 196, 195)
HSL	hsl(180, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(180, 71%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.4%, 0%, 0.5%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.40, -36.06, -10.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.40, 37.47, 195.78°)
OKLab	oklab(74.86% -0.1115 -0.0283)
OKLCH	oklch(74.86% 0.115 194.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.2166, 44.2570, 58.5164)
Luminance	0.4426 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C4C3 #C43839

analogous

#38C47D #38C4C3 #387FC4

triadic

#38C4C3 #C338C4 #C4C338

tetradic

#38C4C3 #7D38C4 #C43839 #7FC438

square

#38C4C3 #7D38C4 #C43839 #7FC438

split-complementary

#38C4C3 #C4387F #C47D38

monochromatic

#1D6564 #2A9494 #38C4C3 #66D3D2 #96E1E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#38C4C3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.85

#38C4C3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C4C3

9.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C4C3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C4C3	1.00	2.13	9.85	9.85
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7BAC3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3ABC4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CAC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c4c3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 196, 195);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.115 194.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84d6d5',
    500: '#38c4c3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c4c3;
$custom-light: #84d6d5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c4c3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 195
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.571,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74858,
    "c": 0.1151,
    "h": 194.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.44261
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C4C3

secondary

#CC8C8C

accent

#494ADF

background

#F8FDFD

surface

#F0FAFA

border

#CBD3D3

text

#0C1414

muted

#7D8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C4C3

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

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