#38C1CD#38C1CD

#38C1CD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.434; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.114 H 203.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C1CD
RGB	rgb(56, 193, 205)
HSL	hsl(185, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(185, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.7%, 5.9%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.82, -31.71, -16.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.82, 35.76, 207.51°)
OKLab	oklab(74.49% -0.1043 -0.0459)
OKLCH	oklch(74.49% 0.114 203.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.7154, 43.3847, 64.4483)
Luminance	0.4339 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C1CD #CD4438

analogous

#38CD8E #38C1CD #3876CD

triadic

#38C1CD #CD38C1 #C1CD38

tetradic

#38C1CD #8E38CD #CD4438 #76CD38

square

#38C1CD #8E38CD #CD4438 #76CD38

split-complementary

#38C1CD #CD3876 #CD8E38

monochromatic

#1C686F #2896A0 #38C1CD #69D0D9 #9ADFE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#38C1CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.68

#38C1CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C1CD

9.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C1CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C1CD	1.00	2.17	9.68	9.68
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1B9CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CA9CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C9C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c1cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 193, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.114 203.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85d4dc',
    500: '#38c1cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c1cd;
$custom-light: #85d4dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c1cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.832,
    "s": 59.839,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74488,
    "c": 0.11398,
    "h": 203.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.43388
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C1CD

secondary

#D1958F

accent

#5245E3

background

#F8FDFD

surface

#F0FAFB

border

#CBD3D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7D8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C1CD

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

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