#38C4CB#38C4CB

#38C4CB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.446; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.115 H 200.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C4CB
RGB	rgb(56, 196, 203)
HSL	hsl(183, 59%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(183, 72%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.4%, 3.4%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.65, -33.74, -14.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.65, 36.59, 202.79°)
OKLab	oklab(75.14% -0.1081 -0.0394)
OKLCH	oklch(75.14% 0.115 200)
XYZ	xyz(32.1455, 44.6286, 63.4083)
Luminance	0.4463 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C4CB #CB3F38

analogous

#38CB88 #38C4CB #387ACB

triadic

#38C4CB #CB38C4 #C4CB38

tetradic

#38C4CB #8838CB #CB3F38 #7ACB38

square

#38C4CB #8838CB #CB3F38 #7ACB38

split-complementary

#38C4CB #CB387A #CB8838

monochromatic

#1C686C #29979D #38C4CB #69D2D8 #99E1E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#38C4CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.93

#38C4CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C4CB

9.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C4CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C4CB	1.00	2.12	9.93	9.93
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5BBCC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0ACCC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CBC6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c4cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 196, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.115 200.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85d6da',
    500: '#38c4cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c4cb;
$custom-light: #85d6da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c4cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.857,
    "s": 58.566,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7514,
    "c": 0.11506,
    "h": 200
  },
  "luminance": 0.44632
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C4CB

secondary

#D0928F

accent

#4D46E2

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FAFA

border

#CBD3D3

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C4CB

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

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