#38C0C4#38C0C4

#38C0C4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.425; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.113 H 197.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C0C4
RGB	rgb(56, 192, 196)
HSL	hsl(182, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(182, 71%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.4%, 2%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.23, -33.90, -12.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.23, 36.13, 200.22°)
OKLab	oklab(73.92% -0.1072 -0.0347)
OKLCH	oklch(73.92% 0.113 197.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.4398, 42.5219, 58.8171)
Luminance	0.4253 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C0C4 #C43C38

analogous

#38C482 #38C0C4 #387AC4

triadic

#38C0C4 #C438C0 #C0C438

tetradic

#38C0C4 #8238C4 #C43C38 #7AC438

square

#38C0C4 #8238C4 #C43C38 #7AC438

split-complementary

#38C0C4 #C4387A #C48238

monochromatic

#1D6365 #2A9194 #38C0C4 #66D0D3 #96DFE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#38C0C4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.51

#38C0C4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C0C4

9.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C0C4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C0C4	1.00	2.21	9.51	9.51
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2B7C5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EA8C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C7C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c0c4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 192, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.113 197.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84d3d5',
    500: '#38c0c4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c0c4;
$custom-light: #84d3d5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c0c4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.714,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73919,
    "c": 0.11263,
    "h": 197.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.42526
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C0C4

secondary

#CC8D8C

accent

#4D49DF

background

#F8FDFD

surface

#F0FAFA

border

#CBD3D3

text

#0C1414

muted

#7D8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C0C4

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

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