#38C2CC#38C2CC

#38C2CC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.438; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.114 H 202.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C2CC
RGB	rgb(56, 194, 204)
HSL	hsl(184, 59%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(184, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.5%, 4.9%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.08, -32.49, -15.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.08, 36.03, 205.61°)
OKLab	oklab(74.69% -0.1057 -0.0432)
OKLCH	oklch(74.69% 0.114 202.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.8169, 43.7802, 63.8886)
Luminance	0.4378 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C2CC #CC4238

analogous

#38CC8C #38C2CC #3878CC

triadic

#38C2CC #CC38C2 #C2CC38

tetradic

#38C2CC #8C38CC #CC4238 #78CC38

square

#38C2CC #8C38CC #CC4238 #78CC38

split-complementary

#38C2CC #CC3878 #CC8C38

monochromatic

#1C686E #29969E #38C2CC #69D1D8 #99E0E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#38C2CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.76

#38C2CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C2CC

9.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C2CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C2CC	1.00	2.15	9.76	9.76
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3BACD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EAACD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CAC5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c2cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 194, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.114 202.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85d5db',
    500: '#38c2cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c2cc;
$custom-light: #85d5db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c2cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.054,
    "s": 59.2,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74693,
    "c": 0.11423,
    "h": 202.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.43784
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C2CC

secondary

#D1948F

accent

#5045E2

background

#F8FDFD

surface

#F0FAFB

border

#CBD3D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7D8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C2CC

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

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