#38C4C5#38C4C5

#38C4C5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.444; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.115 H 195.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C4C5
RGB	rgb(56, 196, 197)
HSL	hsl(180, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(180, 72%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.6%, 0.5%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.46, -35.49, -11.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.46, 37.21, 197.50°)
OKLab	oklab(74.93% -0.1107 -0.0311)
OKLCH	oklch(74.93% 0.115 195.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.4443, 44.3481, 59.7153)
Luminance	0.4435 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C4C5 #C53938

analogous

#38C580 #38C4C5 #387DC5

triadic

#38C4C5 #C538C4 #C4C538

tetradic

#38C4C5 #8038C5 #C53938 #7DC538

square

#38C4C5 #8038C5 #C53938 #7DC538

split-complementary

#38C4C5 #C5387D #C58038

monochromatic

#1D6566 #2A9595 #38C4C5 #67D3D4 #96E1E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#38C4C5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.87

#38C4C5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C4C5

9.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C4C5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C4C5	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)

#B7BAC5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2ABC6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CAC4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c4c5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 196, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.115 195.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85d6d6',
    500: '#38c4c5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c4c5;
$custom-light: #85d6d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c4c5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.426,
    "s": 55.731,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74928,
    "c": 0.11497,
    "h": 195.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.44352
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C4C5

secondary

#CD8D8C

accent

#4A49DF

background

#F8FDFD

surface

#F0FAFA

border

#CBD3D3

text

#0D1414

muted

#7D8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C4C5

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

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