#38C5B8#38C5B8

#38C5B8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.442; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.118 H 185.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C5B8
RGB	rgb(56, 197, 184)
HSL	hsl(174, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(174, 72%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.6%, 0%, 6.6%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.38, -39.60, -4.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.38, 39.83, 186.10°)
OKLab	oklab(74.74% -0.1174 -0.0121)
OKLCH	oklch(74.74% 0.118 185.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.2448, 44.2304, 52.2814)
Luminance	0.4423 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C5B8 #C53845

analogous

#38C572 #38C5B8 #388CC5

triadic

#38C5B8 #B838C5 #C5B838

tetradic

#38C5B8 #7238C5 #C53845 #8CC538

square

#38C5B8 #7238C5 #C53845 #8CC538

split-complementary

#38C5B8 #C5388C #C57238

monochromatic

#1D665F #2A958B #38C5B8 #67D4CA #96E1DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#38C5B8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.85

#38C5B8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C5B8

9.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C5B8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C5B8	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)

#BBBAB8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7ABB9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CAC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c5b8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 197, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.118 185.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84d7cd',
    500: '#38c5b8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c5b8;
$custom-light: #84d7cd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c5b8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.468,
    "s": 55.731,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74738,
    "c": 0.11803,
    "h": 185.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.44234
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C5B8

secondary

#CD8C92

accent

#4957DF

background

#F8FDFC

surface

#F0FAF8

border

#CBD3D1

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C5B8

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

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