#38C5B0#38C5B0

#38C5B0 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.439; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.121 H 180.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C5B0
RGB	rgb(56, 197, 176)
HSL	hsl(171, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(171, 72%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.6%, 0%, 10.7%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.16, -41.76, -0.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.16, 41.76, 180.27°)
OKLab	oklab(74.49% -0.121 -0.0012)
OKLCH	oklch(74.49% 0.121 180.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.4298, 43.9044, 47.9892)
Luminance	0.4391 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C5B0 #C5384D

analogous

#38C56A #38C5B0 #3893C5

triadic

#38C5B0 #B038C5 #C5B038

tetradic

#38C5B0 #6A38C5 #C5384D #93C538

square

#38C5B0 #6A38C5 #C5384D #93C538

split-complementary

#38C5B0 #C53893 #C56A38

monochromatic

#1D665B #2A9585 #38C5B0 #67D4C3 #96E1D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#38C5B0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.78

#38C5B0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C5B0

9.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C5B0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C5B0	1.00	2.15	9.78	9.78
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCB9AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9ABB2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C8BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c5b0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 197, 176);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.121 180.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83d7c7',
    500: '#38c5b0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c5b0;
$custom-light: #83d7c7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c5b0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 176
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.064,
    "s": 55.731,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74488,
    "c": 0.12105,
    "h": 180.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.43908
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C5B0

secondary

#CD8C96

accent

#495FDF

background

#F8FDFC

surface

#F0FAF8

border

#CBD3D1

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C5B0

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

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