#38C3C8#38C3C8

#38C3C8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.440; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.114 H 198.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C3C8
RGB	rgb(56, 195, 200)
HSL	hsl(182, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(182, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(72%, 2.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.25, -34.14, -13.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.25, 36.58, 201.04°)
OKLab	oklab(74.79% -0.1084 -0.0365)
OKLCH	oklch(74.79% 0.114 198.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.5666, 44.0373, 61.4688)
Luminance	0.4404 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C3C8 #C83D38

analogous

#38C885 #38C3C8 #387BC8

triadic

#38C3C8 #C838C3 #C3C838

tetradic

#38C3C8 #8538C8 #C83D38 #7BC838

square

#38C3C8 #8538C8 #C83D38 #7BC838

split-complementary

#38C3C8 #C8387B #C88538

monochromatic

#1D6669 #2A9599 #38C3C8 #68D1D5 #98E0E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#38C3C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.81

#38C3C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C3C8

9.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C3C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C3C8	1.00	2.14	9.81	9.81
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5BAC9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0ABC9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CAC4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c3c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 195, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.114 198.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85d5d8',
    500: '#38c3c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c3c8;
$custom-light: #85d5d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c3c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.083,
    "s": 56.693,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7479,
    "c": 0.11437,
    "h": 198.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.44041
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C3C8

secondary

#CE908E

accent

#4D48E0

background

#F8FDFD

surface

#F0FAFA

border

#CBD3D3

text

#0D1414

muted

#7D8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C3C8

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

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