#38C2C3#38C2C3

#38C2C3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.434; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.114 H 195.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C2C3
RGB	rgb(56, 194, 195)
HSL	hsl(180, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(180, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.3%, 0.5%, 0%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.80, -35.13, -11.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.80, 36.84, 197.52°)
OKLab	oklab(74.37% -0.1096 -0.0308)
OKLCH	oklch(74.37% 0.114 195.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.7685, 43.3608, 58.3670)
Luminance	0.4336 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C2C3 #C33938

analogous

#38C37F #38C2C3 #387DC3

triadic

#38C2C3 #C338C2 #C2C338

tetradic

#38C2C3 #7F38C3 #C33938 #7DC338

square

#38C2C3 #7F38C3 #C33938 #7DC338

split-complementary

#38C2C3 #C3387D #C37F38

monochromatic

#1D6364 #2A9393 #38C2C3 #65D2D3 #95E0E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#38C2C3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.67

#38C2C3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C2C3

9.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C2C3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C2C3	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)

#B5B9C3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1AAC4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C8C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c2c3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 194, 195);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.114 195.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84d5d5',
    500: '#38c2c3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c2c3;
$custom-light: #84d5d5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c2c3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 195
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.432,
    "s": 55.378,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74371,
    "c": 0.11382,
    "h": 195.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.43364
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C2C3

secondary

#CC8B8B

accent

#4A49DF

background

#F8FDFD

surface

#F0FAFA

border

#CBD3D3

text

#0C1414

muted

#7D8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C2C3

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

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