#38C3CE#38C3CE

#38C3CE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.443; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.115 H 202.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C3CE
RGB	rgb(56, 195, 206)
HSL	hsl(184, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(184, 73%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.8%, 5.3%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.44, -32.37, -16.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.44, 36.16, 206.46°)
OKLab	oklab(75.01% -0.1059 -0.0448)
OKLCH	oklch(75.01% 0.115 202.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.2816, 44.3233, 65.2344)
Luminance	0.4433 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C3CE #CE4338

analogous

#38CE8E #38C3CE #3878CE

triadic

#38C3CE #CE38C3 #C3CE38

tetradic

#38C3CE #8E38CE #CE4338 #78CE38

square

#38C3CE #8E38CE #CE4338 #78CE38

split-complementary

#38C3CE #CE3878 #CE8E38

monochromatic

#1C6A70 #2898A1 #38C3CE #69D2DA #9AE1E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#38C3CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.87

#38C3CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C3CE

9.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C3CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C3CE	1.00	2.13	9.87	9.87
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4BBCF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EABCF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CBC6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c3ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 195, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.115 202.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85d5dd',
    500: '#38c3ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c3ce;
$custom-light: #85d5dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c3ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.4,
    "s": 60.484,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75008,
    "c": 0.11493,
    "h": 202.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.44327
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C3CE

secondary

#D29590

accent

#5044E4

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FAFB

border

#CBD3D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C3CE

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

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