#38C5BA#38C5BA

#38C5BA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.443; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.117 H 187.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C5BA
RGB	rgb(56, 197, 186)
HSL	hsl(175, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(175, 72%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.6%, 0%, 5.6%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.44, -39.05, -5.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.44, 39.40, 187.63°)
OKLab	oklab(74.8% -0.1165 -0.0148)
OKLCH	oklch(74.8% 0.117 187.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.4559, 44.3148, 53.3933)
Luminance	0.4432 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C5BA #C53843

analogous

#38C574 #38C5BA #388AC5

triadic

#38C5BA #BA38C5 #C5BA38

tetradic

#38C5BA #7438C5 #C53843 #8AC538

square

#38C5BA #7438C5 #C53843 #8AC538

split-complementary

#38C5BA #C5388A #C57438

monochromatic

#1D6660 #2A958D #38C5BA #67D4CB #96E1DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#38C5BA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.86

#38C5BA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C5BA

9.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C5BA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C5BA	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)

#BABABA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6ABBB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CAC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c5ba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 197, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.117 187.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84d7ce',
    500: '#38c5ba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c5ba;
$custom-light: #84d7ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c5ba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.319,
    "s": 55.731,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74802,
    "c": 0.11745,
    "h": 187.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.44318
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C5BA

secondary

#CD8C91

accent

#4954DF

background

#F8FDFC

surface

#F0FAF9

border

#CBD3D2

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C5BA

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

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