#38C3CA#38C3CA

#38C3CA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.441; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.114 H 200.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C3CA
RGB	rgb(56, 195, 202)
HSL	hsl(183, 58%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(183, 72%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.3%, 3.5%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.32, -33.56, -14.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.32, 36.41, 202.83°)
OKLab	oklab(74.86% -0.1075 -0.0392)
OKLCH	oklch(74.86% 0.114 200)
XYZ	xyz(31.8019, 44.1314, 62.7078)
Luminance	0.4414 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C3CA #CA3F38

analogous

#38CA88 #38C3CA #387ACA

triadic

#38C3CA #CA38C3 #C3CA38

tetradic

#38C3CA #8838CA #CA3F38 #7ACA38

square

#38C3CA #8838CA #CA3F38 #7ACA38

split-complementary

#38C3CA #CA387A #CA8838

monochromatic

#1D676B #29969B #38C3CA #68D2D7 #99E0E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#38C3CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.83

#38C3CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C3CA

9.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C3CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C3CA	1.00	2.14	9.83	9.83
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5BACB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0ABCB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CAC5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c3ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 195, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.114 200.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85d5da',
    500: '#38c3ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c3ca;
$custom-light: #85d5da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c3ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.877,
    "s": 57.937,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74862,
    "c": 0.11448,
    "h": 200
  },
  "luminance": 0.44135
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C3CA

secondary

#CF928E

accent

#4E47E1

background

#F8FDFD

surface

#F0FAFA

border

#CBD3D3

text

#0D1414

muted

#7D8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C3CA

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

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