#38C5BF#38C5BF

#38C5BF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.445; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.116 H 190.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C5BF
RGB	rgb(56, 197, 191)
HSL	hsl(177, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(177, 72%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.6%, 0%, 3%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.58, -37.66, -7.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.58, 38.45, 191.62°)
OKLab	oklab(74.97% -0.1143 -0.0216)
OKLCH	oklch(74.97% 0.116 190.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.9967, 44.5312, 56.2419)
Luminance	0.4454 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C5BF #C5383E

analogous

#38C579 #38C5BF #3884C5

triadic

#38C5BF #BF38C5 #C5BF38

tetradic

#38C5BF #7938C5 #C5383E #84C538

square

#38C5BF #7938C5 #C5383E #84C538

split-complementary

#38C5BF #C53884 #C57938

monochromatic

#1D6663 #2A9591 #38C5BF #67D4CF #96E1DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#38C5BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.91

#38C5BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C5BF

9.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C5BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C5BF	1.00	2.12	9.91	9.91
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9BBBF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5ACC0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CAC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c5bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 197, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.116 190.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84d7d2',
    500: '#38c5bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c5bf;
$custom-light: #84d7d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c5bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.447,
    "s": 55.731,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74967,
    "c": 0.11632,
    "h": 190.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.44535
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C5BF

secondary

#CD8C8F

accent

#494FDF

background

#F8FDFC

surface

#F0FAF9

border

#CBD3D2

text

#0C1414

muted

#7D8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C5BF

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

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