#38C5BC#38C5BC

#38C5BC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.444; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.117 H 188.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C5BC
RGB	rgb(56, 197, 188)
HSL	hsl(176, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(176, 72%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.6%, 0%, 4.6%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.50, -38.50, -6.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.50, 39.00, 189.21°)
OKLab	oklab(74.87% -0.1156 -0.0175)
OKLCH	oklch(74.87% 0.117 188.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.6700, 44.4005, 54.5209)
Luminance	0.4440 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C5BC #C53841

analogous

#38C575 #38C5BC #3888C5

triadic

#38C5BC #BC38C5 #C5BC38

tetradic

#38C5BC #7538C5 #C53841 #88C538

square

#38C5BC #7538C5 #C53841 #88C538

split-complementary

#38C5BC #C53888 #C57538

monochromatic

#1D6661 #2A958F #38C5BC #67D4CD #96E1DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#38C5BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.88

#38C5BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C5BC

9.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C5BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C5BC	1.00	2.13	9.88	9.88
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BABABC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6ACBD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CAC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c5bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 197, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.117 188.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84d7d0',
    500: '#38c5bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c5bc;
$custom-light: #84d7d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c5bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.17,
    "s": 55.731,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74868,
    "c": 0.11694,
    "h": 188.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.44404
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C5BC

secondary

#CD8C90

accent

#4952DF

background

#F8FDFC

surface

#F0FAF9

border

#CBD3D2

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C5BC

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

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