#38C3C2#38C3C2

#38C3C2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.438; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.115 H 194.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C3C2
RGB	rgb(56, 195, 194)
HSL	hsl(180, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(180, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.3%, 0%, 0.5%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.07, -35.88, -10.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.07, 37.29, 195.78°)
OKLab	oklab(74.58% -0.111 -0.0282)
OKLCH	oklch(74.58% 0.115 194.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.8791, 43.7623, 57.8480)
Luminance	0.4377 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C3C2 #C33839

analogous

#38C37D #38C3C2 #387FC3

triadic

#38C3C2 #C238C3 #C3C238

tetradic

#38C3C2 #7D38C3 #C33839 #7FC338

square

#38C3C2 #7D38C3 #C33839 #7FC338

split-complementary

#38C3C2 #C3387F #C37D38

monochromatic

#1D6463 #2A9393 #38C3C2 #65D3D2 #95E1E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#38C3C2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.75

#38C3C2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C3C2

9.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C3C2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C3C2	1.00	2.15	9.75	9.75
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6B9C2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2AAC3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C9C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c3c2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 195, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.115 194.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84d5d4',
    500: '#38c3c2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c3c2;
$custom-light: #84d5d4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c3c2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.568,
    "s": 55.378,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7458,
    "c": 0.11453,
    "h": 194.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.43766
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C3C2

secondary

#CC8B8B

accent

#494ADF

background

#F8FDFC

surface

#F0FAF9

border

#CBD3D2

text

#0C1414

muted

#7D8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C3C2

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

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