#38C5C3#38C5C3

#38C5C3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.447; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.116 H 193.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C5C3
RGB	rgb(56, 197, 195)
HSL	hsl(179, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(179, 72%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.6%, 0%, 1%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.70, -36.52, -9.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.70, 37.80, 194.94°)
OKLab	oklab(75.1% -0.1125 -0.0271)
OKLCH	oklch(75.1% 0.116 193.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.4429, 44.7096, 58.5918)
Luminance	0.4471 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C5C3 #C5383A

analogous

#38C57D #38C5C3 #3881C5

triadic

#38C5C3 #C338C5 #C5C338

tetradic

#38C5C3 #7D38C5 #C5383A #81C538

square

#38C5C3 #7D38C5 #C5383A #81C538

split-complementary

#38C5C3 #C53881 #C57D38

monochromatic

#1D6665 #2A9594 #38C5C3 #67D4D2 #96E1E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#38C5C3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.94

#38C5C3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C5C3

9.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C5C3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C5C3	1.00	2.11	9.94	9.94
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8BBC3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4ACC4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CBC4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c5c3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 197, 195);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.116 193.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84d7d5',
    500: '#38c5c3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c5c3;
$custom-light: #84d7d5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c5c3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 195
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.149,
    "s": 55.731,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75102,
    "c": 0.11575,
    "h": 193.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.44713
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C5C3

secondary

#CD8C8D

accent

#494BDF

background

#F8FDFD

surface

#F0FAFA

border

#CBD3D3

text

#0D1414

muted

#7D8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C5C3

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

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