#38C5C0#38C5C0

#38C5C0 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.446; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.116 H 191.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C5C0
RGB	rgb(56, 197, 192)
HSL	hsl(178, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(178, 72%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.6%, 0%, 2.5%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.61, -37.38, -8.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.61, 38.27, 192.44°)
OKLab	oklab(75% -0.1138 -0.023)
OKLCH	oklch(75% 0.116 191.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.1072, 44.5753, 56.8234)
Luminance	0.4458 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C5C0 #C5383D

analogous

#38C579 #38C5C0 #3884C5

triadic

#38C5C0 #C038C5 #C5C038

tetradic

#38C5C0 #7938C5 #C5383D #84C538

square

#38C5C0 #7938C5 #C5383D #84C538

split-complementary

#38C5C0 #C53884 #C57938

monochromatic

#1D6663 #2A9592 #38C5C0 #67D4D0 #96E1DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#38C5C0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.92

#38C5C0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C5C0

9.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C5C0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C5C0	1.00	2.12	9.92	9.92
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9BBC0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5ACC1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CBC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c5c0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 197, 192);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.116 191.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84d7d3',
    500: '#38c5c0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c5c0;
$custom-light: #84d7d3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c5c0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 192
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.872,
    "s": 55.731,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75,
    "c": 0.11615,
    "h": 191.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.44579
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C5C0

secondary

#CD8C8E

accent

#494EDF

background

#F8FDFC

surface

#F0FAF9

border

#CBD3D2

text

#0C1414

muted

#7D8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C5C0

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

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