#38C5B1#38C5B1

#38C5B1 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.439; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.121 H 181.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C5B1
RGB	rgb(56, 197, 177)
HSL	hsl(171, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(171, 72%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.6%, 0%, 10.2%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.19, -41.49, -0.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.19, 41.50, 180.97°)
OKLab	oklab(74.52% -0.1206 -0.0026)
OKLCH	oklch(74.52% 0.121 181.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.5291, 43.9441, 48.5122)
Luminance	0.4395 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C5B1 #C5384C

analogous

#38C56A #38C5B1 #3893C5

triadic

#38C5B1 #B138C5 #C5B138

tetradic

#38C5B1 #6A38C5 #C5384C #93C538

square

#38C5B1 #6A38C5 #C5384C #93C538

split-complementary

#38C5B1 #C53893 #C56A38

monochromatic

#1D665B #2A9586 #38C5B1 #67D4C4 #96E1D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#38C5B1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.79

#38C5B1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C5B1

9.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C5B1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C5B1	1.00	2.15	9.79	9.79
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCB9B0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9ABB3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C9BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c5b1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 197, 177);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.121 181.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83d7c8',
    500: '#38c5b1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c5b1;
$custom-light: #83d7c8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c5b1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 177
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.489,
    "s": 55.731,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74519,
    "c": 0.12062,
    "h": 181.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.43948
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C5B1

secondary

#CD8C95

accent

#495EDF

background

#F8FDFC

surface

#F0FAF8

border

#CBD3D1

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C5B1

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

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