#38C2C4#38C2C4

#38C2C4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.434; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.114 H 196.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C2C4
RGB	rgb(56, 194, 196)
HSL	hsl(181, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(181, 71%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.4%, 1%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.83, -34.84, -11.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.83, 36.72, 198.40°)
OKLab	oklab(74.41% -0.1091 -0.0322)
OKLCH	oklch(74.41% 0.114 196.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.8820, 43.4062, 58.9645)
Luminance	0.4341 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C2C4 #C43A38

analogous

#38C480 #38C2C4 #387CC4

triadic

#38C2C4 #C438C2 #C2C438

tetradic

#38C2C4 #8038C4 #C43A38 #7CC438

square

#38C2C4 #8038C4 #C43A38 #7CC438

split-complementary

#38C2C4 #C4387C #C48038

monochromatic

#1D6465 #2A9394 #38C2C4 #66D2D3 #96E0E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#38C2C4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.68

#38C2C4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C2C4

9.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C2C4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C2C4	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)

#B5B9C4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0AAC5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C8C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c2c4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 194, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.114 196.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84d5d5',
    500: '#38c2c4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c2c4;
$custom-light: #84d5d5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c2c4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.857,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74406,
    "c": 0.11379,
    "h": 196.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.4341
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C2C4

secondary

#CC8D8C

accent

#4B49DF

background

#F8FDFD

surface

#F0FAFA

border

#CBD3D3

text

#0C1414

muted

#7D8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C2C4

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

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