#38C1CC#38C1CC

#38C1CC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.433; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.114 H 203.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C1CC
RGB	rgb(56, 193, 204)
HSL	hsl(184, 59%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(184, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.5%, 5.4%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.78, -32.01, -16.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.78, 35.80, 206.59°)
OKLab	oklab(74.45% -0.1047 -0.0445)
OKLCH	oklch(74.45% 0.114 203)
XYZ	xyz(31.5951, 43.3365, 63.8146)
Luminance	0.4334 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C1CC #CC4338

analogous

#38CC8D #38C1CC #3877CC

triadic

#38C1CC #CC38C1 #C1CC38

tetradic

#38C1CC #8D38CC #CC4338 #77CC38

square

#38C1CC #8D38CC #CC4338 #77CC38

split-complementary

#38C1CC #CC3877 #CC8D38

monochromatic

#1C676E #29959E #38C1CC #69D0D8 #99DFE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#38C1CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.67

#38C1CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C1CC

9.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C1CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C1CC	1.00	2.17	9.67	9.67
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2B9CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DA9CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C9C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c1cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 193, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.114 203.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85d4db',
    500: '#38c1cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c1cc;
$custom-light: #85d4db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c1cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.459,
    "s": 59.2,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74451,
    "c": 0.11381,
    "h": 203
  },
  "luminance": 0.4334
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C1CC

secondary

#D1948F

accent

#5145E2

background

#F8FDFD

surface

#F0FAFB

border

#CBD3D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7D8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C1CC

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

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