#38C2C2#38C2C2

#38C2C2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.433; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.114 H 195.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C2C2
RGB	rgb(56, 194, 194)
HSL	hsl(180, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(180, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.1%, 0%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.77, -35.42, -10.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.77, 36.97, 196.65°)
OKLab	oklab(74.34% -0.11 -0.0294)
OKLCH	oklch(74.34% 0.114 195)
XYZ	xyz(30.6558, 43.3157, 57.7736)
Luminance	0.4332 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C2C2 #C23838

analogous

#38C27D #38C2C2 #387DC2

triadic

#38C2C2 #C238C2 #C2C238

tetradic

#38C2C2 #7D38C2 #C23838 #7DC238

square

#38C2C2 #7D38C2 #C23838 #7DC238

split-complementary

#38C2C2 #C2387D #C27D38

monochromatic

#1D6363 #2A9393 #38C2C2 #65D2D2 #94E0E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#38C2C2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.66

#38C2C2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C2C2

9.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C2C2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C2C2	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)

#B5B9C2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1AAC3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C8C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c2c2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 194, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.114 195.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84d5d4',
    500: '#38c2c2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c2c2;
$custom-light: #84d5d4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c2c2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 55.2,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74336,
    "c": 0.11388,
    "h": 195
  },
  "luminance": 0.43319
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C2C2

secondary

#CB8A8A

accent

#4949DF

background

#F8FDFC

surface

#F0FAF9

border

#CBD3D2

text

#0C1414

muted

#7D8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C2C2

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

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