#38C0CA#38C0CA

#38C0CA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.428; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.113 H 202.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C0CA
RGB	rgb(56, 192, 202)
HSL	hsl(184, 58%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(184, 72%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.3%, 5%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.42, -32.13, -15.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.42, 35.66, 205.72°)
OKLab	oklab(74.14% -0.1046 -0.043)
OKLCH	oklch(74.14% 0.113 202.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.1365, 42.8006, 62.4860)
Luminance	0.4280 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C0CA #CA4238

analogous

#38CA8B #38C0CA #3877CA

triadic

#38C0CA #CA38C0 #C0CA38

tetradic

#38C0CA #8B38CA #CA4238 #77CA38

square

#38C0CA #8B38CA #CA4238 #77CA38

split-complementary

#38C0CA #CA3877 #CA8B38

monochromatic

#1D666B #29949B #38C0CA #68CFD7 #99DFE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#38C0CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.56

#38C0CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C0CA

9.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C0CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C0CA	1.00	2.20	9.56	9.56
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1B8CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CA8CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C8C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c0ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 192, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.113 202.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85d3da',
    500: '#38c0ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c0ca;
$custom-light: #85d3da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c0ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.11,
    "s": 57.937,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74136,
    "c": 0.1131,
    "h": 202.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.42804
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C0CA

secondary

#CF938E

accent

#5147E1

background

#F8FDFD

surface

#F0FAFA

border

#CBD3D3

text

#0D1414

muted

#7D8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C0CA

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

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