#38C3CF#38C3CF

#38C3CF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.444; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.115 H 203.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C3CF
RGB	rgb(56, 195, 207)
HSL	hsl(185, 61%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(185, 73%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.9%, 5.8%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.48, -32.07, -16.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.48, 36.12, 207.38°)
OKLab	oklab(75.05% -0.1054 -0.0461)
OKLCH	oklch(75.05% 0.115 203.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.4035, 44.3721, 65.8763)
Luminance	0.4438 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C3CF #CF4438

analogous

#38CF90 #38C3CF #3878CF

triadic

#38C3CF #CF38C3 #C3CF38

tetradic

#38C3CF #9038CF #CF4438 #78CF38

square

#38C3CF #9038CF #CF4438 #78CF38

split-complementary

#38C3CF #CF3878 #CF9038

monochromatic

#1B6A71 #2799A3 #38C3CF #69D2DB #9BE1E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#38C3CF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.88

#38C3CF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C3CF

9.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C3CF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C3CF	1.00	2.13	9.88	9.88
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3BBD0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EABD0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CBC6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c3cf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 195, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.115 203.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85d5dd',
    500: '#38c3cf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c3cf;
$custom-light: #85d5dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c3cf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.768,
    "s": 61.134,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75045,
    "c": 0.11509,
    "h": 203.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.44376
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C3CF

secondary

#D39590

accent

#5044E4

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FAFB

border

#CBD3D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C3CF

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

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