#38C4CE#38C4CE

#38C4CE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.448; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.115 H 202.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C4CE
RGB	rgb(56, 196, 206)
HSL	hsl(184, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(184, 73%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.8%, 4.9%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.74, -32.85, -15.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.74, 36.39, 205.50°)
OKLab	oklab(75.25% -0.1068 -0.0435)
OKLCH	oklch(75.25% 0.115 202.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.5064, 44.7729, 65.3094)
Luminance	0.4478 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C4CE #CE4238

analogous

#38CE8D #38C4CE #3879CE

triadic

#38C4CE #CE38C4 #C4CE38

tetradic

#38C4CE #8D38CE #CE4238 #79CE38

square

#38C4CE #8D38CE #CE4238 #79CE38

split-complementary

#38C4CE #CE3879 #CE8D38

monochromatic

#1C6A70 #2899A1 #38C4CE #69D3DA #9AE1E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#38C4CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.96

#38C4CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C4CE

9.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C4CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C4CE	1.00	2.11	9.96	9.96
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5BBCF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FACCF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CCC7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c4ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 196, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.115 202.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85d6dd',
    500: '#38c4ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c4ce;
$custom-light: #85d6dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c4ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184,
    "s": 60.484,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75249,
    "c": 0.11536,
    "h": 202.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.44777
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C4CE

secondary

#D29490

accent

#4F44E4

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FAFB

border

#CBD3D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C4CE

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

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