#38C0C3#38C0C3

#38C0C3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.425; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.113 H 197.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C0C3
RGB	rgb(56, 192, 195)
HSL	hsl(181, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(181, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.3%, 1.5%, 0%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.20, -34.19, -11.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.20, 36.23, 199.32°)
OKLab	oklab(73.88% -0.1076 -0.0333)
OKLCH	oklch(73.88% 0.113 197.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.3264, 42.4766, 58.2197)
Luminance	0.4248 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C0C3 #C33B38

analogous

#38C381 #38C0C3 #387BC3

triadic

#38C0C3 #C338C0 #C0C338

tetradic

#38C0C3 #8138C3 #C33B38 #7BC338

square

#38C0C3 #8138C3 #C33B38 #7BC338

split-complementary

#38C0C3 #C3387B #C38138

monochromatic

#1D6264 #2A9193 #38C0C3 #65D1D3 #95DFE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#38C0C3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.50

#38C0C3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C0C3

9.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C0C3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C0C3	1.00	2.21	9.50	9.50
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3B7C3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EA8C4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C7C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c0c3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 192, 195);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.113 197.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84d3d5',
    500: '#38c0c3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c0c3;
$custom-light: #84d3d5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c0c3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 195
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.295,
    "s": 55.378,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73883,
    "c": 0.11264,
    "h": 197.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.4248
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C0C3

secondary

#CC8C8B

accent

#4C49DF

background

#F8FDFD

surface

#F0FAFA

border

#CBD3D3

text

#0C1414

muted

#7D8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C0C3

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

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