#38CBC5#38CBC5

#38CBC5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.476; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.120 H 190.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38CBC5
RGB	rgb(56, 203, 197)
HSL	hsl(178, 59%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(178, 72%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.4%, 0%, 3%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.56, -38.71, -8.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.56, 39.54, 191.77°)
OKLab	oklab(76.63% -0.1175 -0.0225)
OKLCH	oklch(76.63% 0.12 190.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.0602, 47.5799, 60.2539)
Luminance	0.4758 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38CBC5 #CB383E

analogous

#38CB7B #38CBC5 #3887CB

triadic

#38CBC5 #C538CB #CBC538

tetradic

#38CBC5 #7B38CB #CB383E #87CB38

square

#38CBC5 #7B38CB #CB383E #87CB38

split-complementary

#38CBC5 #CB3887 #CB7B38

monochromatic

#1C6C69 #299D98 #38CBC5 #69D8D3 #99E4E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#38CBC5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.52

#38CBC5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38CBC5

10.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38CBC5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38CBC5	1.00	2.00	10.52	10.52
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFC0C5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAB1C6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D1C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38cbc5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 203, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.120 190.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85dbd6',
    500: '#38cbc5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38cbc5;
$custom-light: #85dbd6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38cbc5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.551,
    "s": 58.566,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76632,
    "c": 0.11969,
    "h": 190.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.47584
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38CBC5

secondary

#D08F91

accent

#464CE2

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FBFA

border

#CBD4D3

text

#0D1514

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #38CBC5

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

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