#38C4CC#38C4CC

#38C4CC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.447; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.115 H 200.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C4CC
RGB	rgb(56, 196, 204)
HSL	hsl(183, 59%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(183, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.5%, 3.9%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.68, -33.44, -14.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.68, 36.52, 203.69°)
OKLab	oklab(75.18% -0.1077 -0.0407)
OKLCH	oklch(75.18% 0.115 200.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.2650, 44.6764, 64.0380)
Luminance	0.4468 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C4CC #CC4038

analogous

#38CC8A #38C4CC #387ACC

triadic

#38C4CC #CC38C4 #C4CC38

tetradic

#38C4CC #8A38CC #CC4038 #7ACC38

square

#38C4CC #8A38CC #CC4038 #7ACC38

split-complementary

#38C4CC #CC387A #CC8A38

monochromatic

#1C696E #29989E #38C4CC #69D2D8 #99E1E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#38C4CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.94

#38C4CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C4CC

9.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C4CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C4CC	1.00	2.11	9.94	9.94
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5BBCD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0ACCD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CBC6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c4cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 196, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.115 200.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85d6db',
    500: '#38c4cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c4cc;
$custom-light: #85d6db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c4cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.243,
    "s": 59.2,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75176,
    "c": 0.11513,
    "h": 200.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.4468
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C4CC

secondary

#D1938F

accent

#4E45E2

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FAFB

border

#CBD3D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C4CC

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

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