#38C5BB#38C5BB

#38C5BB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.444; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.117 H 187.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C5BB
RGB	rgb(56, 197, 187)
HSL	hsl(176, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(176, 72%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.6%, 0%, 5.1%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.47, -38.78, -5.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.47, 39.20, 188.42°)
OKLab	oklab(74.83% -0.1161 -0.0162)
OKLCH	oklch(74.83% 0.117 187.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.5626, 44.3575, 53.9552)
Luminance	0.4436 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C5BB #C53842

analogous

#38C575 #38C5BB #3888C5

triadic

#38C5BB #BB38C5 #C5BB38

tetradic

#38C5BB #7538C5 #C53842 #88C538

square

#38C5BB #7538C5 #C53842 #88C538

split-complementary

#38C5BB #C53888 #C57538

monochromatic

#1D6661 #2A958E #38C5BB #67D4CC #96E1DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#38C5BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.87

#38C5BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C5BB

9.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C5BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C5BB	1.00	2.13	9.87	9.87
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BABABB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6ACBC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CAC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c5bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 197, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.117 187.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84d7cf',
    500: '#38c5bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c5bb;
$custom-light: #84d7cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c5bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.745,
    "s": 55.731,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74835,
    "c": 0.11719,
    "h": 187.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.44361
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C5BB

secondary

#CD8C91

accent

#4953DF

background

#F8FDFC

surface

#F0FAF9

border

#CBD3D2

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C5BB

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

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