#38C5BD#38C5BD

#38C5BD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.444; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.117 H 189.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C5BD
RGB	rgb(56, 197, 189)
HSL	hsl(177, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(177, 72%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.6%, 0%, 4.1%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.52, -38.22, -6.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.52, 38.81, 190.00°)
OKLab	oklab(74.9% -0.1152 -0.0189)
OKLCH	oklch(74.9% 0.117 189.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.7782, 44.4437, 55.0906)
Luminance	0.4445 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C5BD #C53840

analogous

#38C577 #38C5BD #3886C5

triadic

#38C5BD #BD38C5 #C5BD38

tetradic

#38C5BD #7738C5 #C53840 #86C538

square

#38C5BD #7738C5 #C53840 #86C538

split-complementary

#38C5BD #C53886 #C57738

monochromatic

#1D6662 #2A958F #38C5BD #67D4CD #96E1DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#38C5BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.89

#38C5BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C5BD

9.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C5BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C5BD	1.00	2.12	9.89	9.89
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BABBBD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6ACBE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CAC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c5bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 197, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.117 189.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84d7d0',
    500: '#38c5bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c5bd;
$custom-light: #84d7d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c5bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.596,
    "s": 55.731,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.749,
    "c": 0.11672,
    "h": 189.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.44447
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C5BD

secondary

#CD8C90

accent

#4951DF

background

#F8FDFC

surface

#F0FAF9

border

#CBD3D2

text

#0C1414

muted

#7D8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C5BD

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

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