#38C4C8#38C4C8

#38C4C8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.445; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.115 H 197.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C4C8
RGB	rgb(56, 196, 200)
HSL	hsl(182, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(182, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(72%, 2%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.55, -34.61, -12.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.55, 36.87, 200.13°)
OKLab	oklab(75.03% -0.1094 -0.0352)
OKLCH	oklch(75.03% 0.115 197.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.7914, 44.4869, 61.5437)
Luminance	0.4449 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C4C8 #C83C38

analogous

#38C884 #38C4C8 #387CC8

triadic

#38C4C8 #C838C4 #C4C838

tetradic

#38C4C8 #8438C8 #C83C38 #7CC838

square

#38C4C8 #8438C8 #C83C38 #7CC838

split-complementary

#38C4C8 #C8387C #C88438

monochromatic

#1D6769 #2A9699 #38C4C8 #68D2D5 #98E0E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#38C4C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.90

#38C4C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C4C8

9.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C4C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C4C8	1.00	2.12	9.90	9.90
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6BBC9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1ABC9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CBC5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c4c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 196, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.115 197.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85d6d8',
    500: '#38c4c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c4c8;
$custom-light: #85d6d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c4c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.667,
    "s": 56.693,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75033,
    "c": 0.11492,
    "h": 197.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.44491
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C4C8

secondary

#CE908E

accent

#4C48E0

background

#F8FDFD

surface

#F0FAFA

border

#CBD3D3

text

#0D1414

muted

#7D8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C4C8

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

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