#38C0CD#38C0CD

#38C0CD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.429; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.114 H 204.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C0CD
RGB	rgb(56, 192, 205)
HSL	hsl(185, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(185, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.7%, 6.3%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.52, -31.23, -16.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.52, 35.54, 208.52°)
OKLab	oklab(74.25% -0.1033 -0.0471)
OKLCH	oklch(74.25% 0.114 204.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.4951, 42.9440, 64.3749)
Luminance	0.4295 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C0CD #CD4538

analogous

#38CD8F #38C0CD #3875CD

triadic

#38C0CD #CD38C0 #C0CD38

tetradic

#38C0CD #8F38CD #CD4538 #75CD38

square

#38C0CD #8F38CD #CD4538 #75CD38

split-complementary

#38C0CD #CD3875 #CD8F38

monochromatic

#1C686F #2895A0 #38C0CD #69CFD9 #9ADFE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#38C0CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.59

#38C0CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C0CD

9.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C0CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C0CD	1.00	2.19	9.59	9.59
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0B8CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BA9CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C8C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c0cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 192, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.114 204.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85d3dc',
    500: '#38c0cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c0cd;
$custom-light: #85d3dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c0cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.235,
    "s": 59.839,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74247,
    "c": 0.1136,
    "h": 204.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.42948
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C0CD

secondary

#D1958F

accent

#5345E3

background

#F8FDFD

surface

#F0FAFB

border

#CBD3D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7D8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C0CD

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

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