#38C3CB#38C3CB

#38C3CB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.442; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.115 H 200.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C3CB
RGB	rgb(56, 195, 203)
HSL	hsl(183, 59%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(183, 72%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.4%, 3.9%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.35, -33.26, -14.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.35, 36.34, 203.74°)
OKLab	oklab(74.9% -0.1071 -0.0406)
OKLCH	oklch(74.9% 0.115 200.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.9207, 44.1790, 63.3334)
Luminance	0.4418 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C3CB #CB4038

analogous

#38CB89 #38C3CB #3879CB

triadic

#38C3CB #CB38C3 #C3CB38

tetradic

#38C3CB #8938CB #CB4038 #79CB38

square

#38C3CB #8938CB #CB4038 #79CB38

split-complementary

#38C3CB #CB3879 #CB8938

monochromatic

#1C686C #29979D #38C3CB #69D2D8 #99E0E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#38C3CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.84

#38C3CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C3CB

9.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C3CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C3CB	1.00	2.13	9.84	9.84
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4BACC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FABCC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CAC5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c3cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 195, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.115 200.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85d5da',
    500: '#38c3cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c3cb;
$custom-light: #85d5da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c3cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.265,
    "s": 58.566,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74898,
    "c": 0.11457,
    "h": 200.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.44183
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C3CB

secondary

#D0928F

accent

#4F46E2

background

#F8FDFD

surface

#F0FAFA

border

#CBD3D3

text

#0D1414

muted

#7D8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C3CB

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

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