#38C1CB#38C1CB

#38C1CB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.433; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.114 H 202.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C1CB
RGB	rgb(56, 193, 203)
HSL	hsl(184, 59%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(184, 72%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.4%, 4.9%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.75, -32.31, -15.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.75, 35.85, 205.67°)
OKLab	oklab(74.41% -0.1052 -0.0431)
OKLCH	oklch(74.41% 0.114 202.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.4756, 43.2887, 63.1850)
Luminance	0.4329 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C1CB #CB4238

analogous

#38CB8C #38C1CB #3877CB

triadic

#38C1CB #CB38C1 #C1CB38

tetradic

#38C1CB #8C38CB #CB4238 #77CB38

square

#38C1CB #8C38CB #CB4238 #77CB38

split-complementary

#38C1CB #CB3877 #CB8C38

monochromatic

#1C676C #29959D #38C1CB #69D0D8 #99DFE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#38C1CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.66

#38C1CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C1CB

9.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C1CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C1CB	1.00	2.17	9.66	9.66
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2B9CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DA9CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C9C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c1cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 193, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.114 202.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85d4da',
    500: '#38c1cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c1cb;
$custom-light: #85d4da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c1cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.082,
    "s": 58.566,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74414,
    "c": 0.11367,
    "h": 202.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.43292
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C1CB

secondary

#D0938F

accent

#5146E2

background

#F8FDFD

surface

#F0FAFA

border

#CBD3D3

text

#0D1414

muted

#7D8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C1CB

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

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