#38C0CB#38C0CB

#38C0CB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.429; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.113 H 203.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C0CB
RGB	rgb(56, 192, 203)
HSL	hsl(184, 59%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(184, 72%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.4%, 5.4%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.45, -31.83, -15.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.45, 35.62, 206.65°)
OKLab	oklab(74.17% -0.1042 -0.0444)
OKLCH	oklch(74.17% 0.113 203.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.2552, 42.8481, 63.1116)
Luminance	0.4285 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C0CB #CB4338

analogous

#38CB8C #38C0CB #3876CB

triadic

#38C0CB #CB38C0 #C0CB38

tetradic

#38C0CB #8C38CB #CB4338 #76CB38

square

#38C0CB #8C38CB #CB4338 #76CB38

split-complementary

#38C0CB #CB3876 #CB8C38

monochromatic

#1C666C #29949D #38C0CB #69CFD8 #99DFE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#38C0CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.57

#38C0CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C0CB

9.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C0CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C0CB	1.00	2.19	9.57	9.57
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1B8CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CA8CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C8C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c0cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 192, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.113 203.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85d3da',
    500: '#38c0cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c0cb;
$custom-light: #85d3da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c0cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.49,
    "s": 58.566,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74173,
    "c": 0.11324,
    "h": 203.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.42852
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C0CB

secondary

#D0948F

accent

#5246E2

background

#F8FDFD

surface

#F0FAFA

border

#CBD3D3

text

#0D1414

muted

#7D8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C0CB

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

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