#38C2CD#38C2CD

#38C2CD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.438; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.114 H 203.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C2CD
RGB	rgb(56, 194, 205)
HSL	hsl(184, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(184, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.7%, 5.4%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.11, -32.19, -16.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.11, 35.98, 206.53°)
OKLab	oklab(74.73% -0.1053 -0.0446)
OKLCH	oklch(74.73% 0.114 203)
XYZ	xyz(31.9372, 43.8283, 64.5223)
Luminance	0.4383 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C2CD #CD4338

analogous

#38CD8E #38C2CD #3877CD

triadic

#38C2CD #CD38C2 #C2CD38

tetradic

#38C2CD #8E38CD #CD4338 #77CD38

square

#38C2CD #8E38CD #CD4338 #77CD38

split-complementary

#38C2CD #CD3877 #CD8E38

monochromatic

#1C696F #2897A0 #38C2CD #69D1D9 #9AE0E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#38C2CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.77

#38C2CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C2CD

9.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C2CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C2CD	1.00	2.15	9.77	9.77
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3BACE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EAACE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CAC5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c2cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 194, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.114 203.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85d5dc',
    500: '#38c2cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c2cd;
$custom-light: #85d5dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c2cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.43,
    "s": 59.839,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7473,
    "c": 0.11438,
    "h": 203
  },
  "luminance": 0.43832
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C2CD

secondary

#D1948F

accent

#5045E3

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FAFB

border

#CBD3D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C2CD

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

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