#38C5C2#38C5C2

#38C5C2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.447; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.116 H 192.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C5C2
RGB	rgb(56, 197, 194)
HSL	hsl(179, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(179, 72%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.6%, 0%, 1.5%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.67, -36.81, -9.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.67, 37.95, 194.10°)
OKLab	oklab(75.07% -0.113 -0.0257)
OKLCH	oklch(75.07% 0.116 192.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.3303, 44.6646, 57.9984)
Luminance	0.4467 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C5C2 #C5383B

analogous

#38C57B #38C5C2 #3882C5

triadic

#38C5C2 #C238C5 #C5C238

tetradic

#38C5C2 #7B38C5 #C5383B #82C538

square

#38C5C2 #7B38C5 #C5383B #82C538

split-complementary

#38C5C2 #C53882 #C57B38

monochromatic

#1D6664 #2A9593 #38C5C2 #67D4D1 #96E1E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#38C5C2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.93

#38C5C2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C5C2

9.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C5C2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C5C2	1.00	2.11	9.93	9.93
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9BBC2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4ACC3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CBC4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c5c2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 197, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.116 192.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84d7d4',
    500: '#38c5c2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c5c2;
$custom-light: #84d7d4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c5c2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.723,
    "s": 55.731,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75068,
    "c": 0.11587,
    "h": 192.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.44668
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C5C2

secondary

#CD8C8E

accent

#494CDF

background

#F8FDFC

surface

#F0FAF9

border

#CBD3D2

text

#0C1414

muted

#7D8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C5C2

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

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