#38C5B9#38C5B9

#38C5B9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.443; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.118 H 186.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C5B9
RGB	rgb(56, 197, 185)
HSL	hsl(175, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(175, 72%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.6%, 0%, 6.1%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.41, -39.33, -4.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.41, 39.61, 186.86°)
OKLab	oklab(74.77% -0.117 -0.0134)
OKLCH	oklch(74.77% 0.118 186.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.3500, 44.2724, 52.8354)
Luminance	0.4428 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C5B9 #C53844

analogous

#38C573 #38C5B9 #388AC5

triadic

#38C5B9 #B938C5 #C5B938

tetradic

#38C5B9 #7338C5 #C53844 #8AC538

square

#38C5B9 #7338C5 #C53844 #8AC538

split-complementary

#38C5B9 #C5388A #C57338

monochromatic

#1D665F #2A958C #38C5B9 #67D4CA #96E1DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#38C5B9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.86

#38C5B9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C5B9

9.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C5B9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C5B9	1.00	2.13	9.86	9.86
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBBAB9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7ABBA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CAC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c5b9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 197, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.118 186.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84d7ce',
    500: '#38c5b9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c5b9;
$custom-light: #84d7ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c5b9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.894,
    "s": 55.731,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7477,
    "c": 0.11773,
    "h": 186.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.44276
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C5B9

secondary

#CD8C92

accent

#4956DF

background

#F8FDFC

surface

#F0FAF9

border

#CBD3D2

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C5B9

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

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