#38C2CE#38C2CE

#38C2CE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.439; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.115 H 203.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C2CE
RGB	rgb(56, 194, 206)
HSL	hsl(185, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(185, 73%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.8%, 5.8%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.15, -31.89, -16.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.15, 35.94, 207.45°)
OKLab	oklab(74.77% -0.1049 -0.046)
OKLCH	oklch(74.77% 0.115 203.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.0583, 43.8767, 65.1600)
Luminance	0.4388 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C2CE #CE4438

analogous

#38CE8F #38C2CE #3877CE

triadic

#38C2CE #CE38C2 #C2CE38

tetradic

#38C2CE #8F38CE #CE4438 #77CE38

square

#38C2CE #8F38CE #CE4438 #77CE38

split-complementary

#38C2CE #CE3877 #CE8F38

monochromatic

#1C6970 #2897A1 #38C2CE #69D1DA #9AE0E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#38C2CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.78

#38C2CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C2CE

9.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C2CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C2CE	1.00	2.15	9.78	9.78
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2BACF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DAACF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CAC5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c2ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 194, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.115 203.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85d5dd',
    500: '#38c2ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c2ce;
$custom-light: #85d5dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c2ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.8,
    "s": 60.484,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74767,
    "c": 0.11454,
    "h": 203.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.43881
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C2CE

secondary

#D29590

accent

#5144E4

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FAFB

border

#CBD3D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C2CE

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

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