#38C2C8#38C2C8

#38C2C8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.436; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.114 H 199.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C2C8
RGB	rgb(56, 194, 200)
HSL	hsl(183, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(183, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(72%, 3%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.95, -33.67, -13.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.95, 36.31, 201.97°)
OKLab	oklab(74.55% -0.1074 -0.0377)
OKLCH	oklch(74.55% 0.114 199.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.3433, 43.5907, 61.3943)
Luminance	0.4359 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C2C8 #C83E38

analogous

#38C886 #38C2C8 #387AC8

triadic

#38C2C8 #C838C2 #C2C838

tetradic

#38C2C8 #8638C8 #C83E38 #7AC838

square

#38C2C8 #8638C8 #C83E38 #7AC838

split-complementary

#38C2C8 #C8387A #C88638

monochromatic

#1D6669 #2A9499 #38C2C8 #68D1D5 #98DFE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#38C2C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.72

#38C2C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C2C8

9.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C2C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C2C8	1.00	2.16	9.72	9.72
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4B9C9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FAAC9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C9C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c2c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 194, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.114 199.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85d5d8',
    500: '#38c2c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c2c8;
$custom-light: #85d5d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c2c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.5,
    "s": 56.693,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74548,
    "c": 0.11385,
    "h": 199.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.43594
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C2C8

secondary

#CE908E

accent

#4E48E0

background

#F8FDFD

surface

#F0FAFA

border

#CBD3D3

text

#0D1414

muted

#7D8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C2C8

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

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