#38C3CD#38C3CD

#38C3CD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.443; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.115 H 202.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C3CD
RGB	rgb(56, 195, 205)
HSL	hsl(184, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(184, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.7%, 4.9%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.41, -32.67, -15.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.41, 36.21, 205.55°)
OKLab	oklab(74.97% -0.1063 -0.0434)
OKLCH	oklch(74.97% 0.115 202.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.1605, 44.2749, 64.5967)
Luminance	0.4428 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C3CD #CD4238

analogous

#38CD8C #38C3CD #3878CD

triadic

#38C3CD #CD38C3 #C3CD38

tetradic

#38C3CD #8C38CD #CD4238 #78CD38

square

#38C3CD #8C38CD #CD4238 #78CD38

split-complementary

#38C3CD #CD3878 #CD8C38

monochromatic

#1C696F #2898A0 #38C3CD #69D2D9 #9AE0E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#38C3CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.86

#38C3CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C3CD

9.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C3CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C3CD	1.00	2.13	9.86	9.86
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4BBCE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FABCE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CBC6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c3cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 195, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.115 202.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85d5dc',
    500: '#38c3cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c3cd;
$custom-light: #85d5dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c3cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.027,
    "s": 59.839,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74971,
    "c": 0.11479,
    "h": 202.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.44279
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C3CD

secondary

#D1948F

accent

#4F45E3

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FAFB

border

#CBD3D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C3CD

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

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