#38C0CC#38C0CC

#38C0CC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.429; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.113 H 203.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C0CC
RGB	rgb(56, 192, 204)
HSL	hsl(185, 59%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(185, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.5%, 5.9%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.48, -31.53, -16.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.48, 35.58, 207.58°)
OKLab	oklab(74.21% -0.1038 -0.0458)
OKLCH	oklch(74.21% 0.113 203.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.3748, 42.8959, 63.7412)
Luminance	0.4290 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C0CC #CC4438

analogous

#38CC8E #38C0CC #3876CC

triadic

#38C0CC #CC38C0 #C0CC38

tetradic

#38C0CC #8E38CC #CC4438 #76CC38

square

#38C0CC #8E38CC #CC4438 #76CC38

split-complementary

#38C0CC #CC3876 #CC8E38

monochromatic

#1C676E #29959E #38C0CC #69CFD8 #99DFE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#38C0CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.58

#38C0CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C0CC

9.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C0CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C0CC	1.00	2.19	9.58	9.58
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1B8CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CA9CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C8C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c0cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 192, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.113 203.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85d3db',
    500: '#38c0cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c0cc;
$custom-light: #85d3db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c0cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.865,
    "s": 59.2,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7421,
    "c": 0.11341,
    "h": 203.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.429
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C0CC

secondary

#D1948F

accent

#5245E2

background

#F8FDFD

surface

#F0FAFB

border

#CBD3D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7D8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C0CC

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

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