#38C3CC#38C3CC

#38C3CC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.442; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.115 H 201.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C3CC
RGB	rgb(56, 195, 204)
HSL	hsl(184, 59%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(184, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.5%, 4.4%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.38, -32.97, -15.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.38, 36.27, 204.64°)
OKLab	oklab(74.94% -0.1067 -0.042)
OKLCH	oklch(74.94% 0.115 201.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.0402, 44.2268, 63.9630)
Luminance	0.4423 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C3CC #CC4138

analogous

#38CC8B #38C3CC #3879CC

triadic

#38C3CC #CC38C3 #C3CC38

tetradic

#38C3CC #8B38CC #CC4138 #79CC38

square

#38C3CC #8B38CC #CC4138 #79CC38

split-complementary

#38C3CC #CC3879 #CC8B38

monochromatic

#1C696E #29979E #38C3CC #69D2D8 #99E0E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#38C3CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.85

#38C3CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C3CC

9.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C3CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C3CC	1.00	2.13	9.85	9.85
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4BACD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FABCD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CBC5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c3cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 195, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.115 201.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85d5db',
    500: '#38c3cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c3cc;
$custom-light: #85d5db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c3cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.649,
    "s": 59.2,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74935,
    "c": 0.11467,
    "h": 201.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.44231
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C3CC

secondary

#D1938F

accent

#4F45E2

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FAFB

border

#CBD3D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C3CC

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

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