#38C1C8#38C1C8

#38C1C8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.432; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.113 H 200.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C1C8
RGB	rgb(56, 193, 200)
HSL	hsl(183, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(183, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(72%, 3.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.65, -33.20, -14.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.65, 36.04, 202.91°)
OKLab	oklab(74.3% -0.1064 -0.039)
OKLCH	oklch(74.3% 0.113 200.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.1215, 43.1471, 61.3204)
Luminance	0.4315 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C1C8 #C83F38

analogous

#38C887 #38C1C8 #3879C8

triadic

#38C1C8 #C838C1 #C1C838

tetradic

#38C1C8 #8738C8 #C83F38 #79C838

square

#38C1C8 #8738C8 #C83F38 #79C838

split-complementary

#38C1C8 #C83879 #C88738

monochromatic

#1D6569 #2A9399 #38C1C8 #68D0D5 #98DFE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#38C1C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.63

#38C1C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C1C8

9.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C1C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C1C8	1.00	2.18	9.63	9.63
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3B8C9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EA9C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C8C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c1c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 193, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.113 200.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84d4d8',
    500: '#38c1c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c1c8;
$custom-light: #84d4d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c1c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.917,
    "s": 56.693,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74305,
    "c": 0.11335,
    "h": 200.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.43151
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C1C8

secondary

#CE918E

accent

#4F48E0

background

#F8FDFD

surface

#F0FAFA

border

#CBD3D3

text

#0D1414

muted

#7D8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C1C8

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

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