#38C0C5#38C0C5

#38C0C5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.426; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.113 H 198.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C0C5
RGB	rgb(56, 192, 197)
HSL	hsl(182, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(182, 72%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.6%, 2.5%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.26, -33.61, -12.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.26, 36.03, 201.13°)
OKLab	oklab(73.95% -0.1067 -0.0361)
OKLCH	oklch(73.95% 0.113 198.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.5540, 42.5676, 59.4186)
Luminance	0.4257 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C0C5 #C53D38

analogous

#38C584 #38C0C5 #3879C5

triadic

#38C0C5 #C538C0 #C0C538

tetradic

#38C0C5 #8438C5 #C53D38 #79C538

square

#38C0C5 #8438C5 #C53D38 #79C538

split-complementary

#38C0C5 #C53879 #C58438

monochromatic

#1D6366 #2A9295 #38C0C5 #67D0D4 #96DFE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#38C0C5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.51

#38C0C5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C0C5

9.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C0C5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C0C5	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)

#B2B7C6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EA8C6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C7C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c0c5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 192, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.113 198.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84d3d6',
    500: '#38c0c5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c0c5;
$custom-light: #84d3d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c0c5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.128,
    "s": 55.731,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73954,
    "c": 0.11267,
    "h": 198.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.42571
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C0C5

secondary

#CD8E8C

accent

#4E49DF

background

#F8FDFD

surface

#F0FAFA

border

#CBD3D3

text

#0C1414

muted

#7D8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C0C5

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

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