#38C5B3#38C5B3

#38C5B3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.440; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.120 H 182.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C5B3
RGB	rgb(56, 197, 179)
HSL	hsl(172, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(172, 72%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.6%, 0%, 9.1%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.24, -40.96, -1.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.24, 40.99, 182.39°)
OKLab	oklab(74.58% -0.1197 -0.0053)
OKLCH	oklch(74.58% 0.12 182.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.7299, 44.0244, 49.5698)
Luminance	0.4403 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C5B3 #C5384A

analogous

#38C56C #38C5B3 #3891C5

triadic

#38C5B3 #B338C5 #C5B338

tetradic

#38C5B3 #6C38C5 #C5384A #91C538

square

#38C5B3 #6C38C5 #C5384A #91C538

split-complementary

#38C5B3 #C53891 #C56C38

monochromatic

#1D665C #2A9588 #38C5B3 #67D4C6 #96E1D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#38C5B3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.81

#38C5B3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C5B3

9.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C5B3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C5B3	1.00	2.14	9.81	9.81
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCBAB2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8ABB5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C9BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c5b3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 197, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.120 182.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83d7c9',
    500: '#38c5b3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c5b3;
$custom-light: #83d7c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c5b3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.34,
    "s": 55.731,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7458,
    "c": 0.11979,
    "h": 182.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.44028
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C5B3

secondary

#CD8C94

accent

#495CDF

background

#F8FDFC

surface

#F0FAF8

border

#CBD3D1

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C5B3

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

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