#38C0C8#38C0C8

#38C0C8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.427; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.113 H 200.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C0C8
RGB	rgb(56, 192, 200)
HSL	hsl(183, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(183, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(72%, 4%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.36, -32.72, -14.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.36, 35.79, 203.87°)
OKLab	oklab(74.06% -0.1055 -0.0402)
OKLCH	oklch(74.06% 0.113 200.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.9012, 42.7065, 61.2470)
Luminance	0.4271 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C0C8 #C84038

analogous

#38C888 #38C0C8 #3878C8

triadic

#38C0C8 #C838C0 #C0C838

tetradic

#38C0C8 #8838C8 #C84038 #78C838

square

#38C0C8 #8838C8 #C84038 #78C838

split-complementary

#38C0C8 #C83878 #C88838

monochromatic

#1D6469 #2A9299 #38C0C8 #68CFD5 #98DEE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#38C0C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.54

#38C0C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C0C8

9.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C0C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C0C8	1.00	2.20	9.54	9.54
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2B7C9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DA8C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C7C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c0c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 192, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.113 200.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84d3d8',
    500: '#38c0c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c0c8;
$custom-light: #84d3d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c0c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.333,
    "s": 56.693,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74063,
    "c": 0.11287,
    "h": 200.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.4271
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C0C8

secondary

#CE918E

accent

#5048E0

background

#F8FDFD

surface

#F0FAFA

border

#CBD3D3

text

#0C1414

muted

#7D8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C0C8

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

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