#38C1CE#38C1CE

#38C1CE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.434; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.114 H 204.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C1CE
RGB	rgb(56, 193, 206)
HSL	hsl(185, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(185, 73%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.8%, 6.3%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.85, -31.41, -17.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.85, 35.72, 208.44°)
OKLab	oklab(74.53% -0.1039 -0.0473)
OKLCH	oklch(74.53% 0.114 204.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.8365, 43.4331, 65.0861)
Luminance	0.4344 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C1CE #CE4538

analogous

#38CE90 #38C1CE #3876CE

triadic

#38C1CE #CE38C1 #C1CE38

tetradic

#38C1CE #9038CE #CE4538 #76CE38

square

#38C1CE #9038CE #CE4538 #76CE38

split-complementary

#38C1CE #CE3876 #CE9038

monochromatic

#1C6970 #2897A1 #38C1CE #69D0DA #9AE0E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#38C1CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.69

#38C1CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C1CE

9.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C1CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C1CE	1.00	2.17	9.69	9.69
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1B9CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CA9CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C9C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c1ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 193, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.114 204.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85d4dd',
    500: '#38c1ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c1ce;
$custom-light: #85d4dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c1ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.2,
    "s": 60.484,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74526,
    "c": 0.11416,
    "h": 204.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.43437
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C1CE

secondary

#D29690

accent

#5244E4

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FAFB

border

#CBD3D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C1CE

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

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