#38C2CA#38C2CA

#38C2CA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.437; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.114 H 200.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C2CA
RGB	rgb(56, 194, 202)
HSL	hsl(183, 58%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(183, 72%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.3%, 4%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.02, -33.08, -14.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.02, 36.15, 203.78°)
OKLab	oklab(74.62% -0.1066 -0.0405)
OKLCH	oklch(74.62% 0.114 200.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.5786, 43.6848, 62.6334)
Luminance	0.4369 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C2CA #CA4038

analogous

#38CA89 #38C2CA #3879CA

triadic

#38C2CA #CA38C2 #C2CA38

tetradic

#38C2CA #8938CA #CA4038 #79CA38

square

#38C2CA #8938CA #CA4038 #79CA38

split-complementary

#38C2CA #CA3879 #CA8938

monochromatic

#1D676B #29959B #38C2CA #68D1D7 #99E0E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#38C2CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.74

#38C2CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C2CA

9.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C2CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C2CA	1.00	2.16	9.74	9.74
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3B9CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EAACB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C9C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c2ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 194, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.114 200.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85d5da',
    500: '#38c2ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c2ca;
$custom-light: #85d5da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c2ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.288,
    "s": 57.937,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7462,
    "c": 0.114,
    "h": 200.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.43689
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C2CA

secondary

#CF928E

accent

#4F47E1

background

#F8FDFD

surface

#F0FAFA

border

#CBD3D3

text

#0D1414

muted

#7D8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C2CA

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

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