#38C0CF#38C0CF

#38C0CF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.430; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.114 H 206.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C0CF
RGB	rgb(56, 192, 207)
HSL	hsl(186, 61%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(186, 73%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.9%, 7.2%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.58, -30.63, -17.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.58, 35.51, 210.39°)
OKLab	oklab(74.32% -0.1025 -0.0499)
OKLCH	oklch(74.32% 0.114 206)
XYZ	xyz(31.7381, 43.0412, 65.6545)
Luminance	0.4304 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C0CF #CF4738

analogous

#38CF93 #38C0CF #3875CF

triadic

#38C0CF #CF38C0 #C0CF38

tetradic

#38C0CF #9338CF #CF4738 #75CF38

square

#38C0CF #9338CF #CF4738 #75CF38

split-complementary

#38C0CF #CF3875 #CF9338

monochromatic

#1B6971 #2796A3 #38C0CF #69D0DB #9BDFE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#38C0CF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.61

#38C0CF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C0CF

9.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C0CF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C0CF	1.00	2.19	9.61	9.61
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0B8D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BA9CF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C8C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c0cf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 192, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.114 206.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85d3dd',
    500: '#38c0cf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c0cf;
$custom-light: #85d3dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c0cf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.96,
    "s": 61.134,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74322,
    "c": 0.11403,
    "h": 206
  },
  "luminance": 0.43045
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C0CF

secondary

#D39790

accent

#5444E4

background

#F8FDFD

surface

#F0FAFB

border

#CBD3D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7D8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C0CF

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

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