#38C4CF#38C4CF

#38C4CF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.448; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.116 H 202.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C4CF
RGB	rgb(56, 196, 207)
HSL	hsl(184, 61%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(184, 73%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.9%, 5.3%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.77, -32.55, -16.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.77, 36.34, 206.40°)
OKLab	oklab(75.29% -0.1064 -0.0449)
OKLCH	oklch(75.29% 0.116 202.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.6283, 44.8217, 65.9512)
Luminance	0.4483 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C4CF #CF4338

analogous

#38CF8F #38C4CF #3879CF

triadic

#38C4CF #CF38C4 #C4CF38

tetradic

#38C4CF #8F38CF #CF4338 #79CF38

square

#38C4CF #8F38CF #CF4338 #79CF38

split-complementary

#38C4CF #CF3879 #CF8F38

monochromatic

#1B6B71 #279AA3 #38C4CF #69D3DB #9BE1E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#38C4CF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.97

#38C4CF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C4CF

9.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C4CF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C4CF	1.00	2.11	9.97	9.97
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4BCD0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FACD0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CCC7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c4cf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 196, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.116 202.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86d6dd',
    500: '#38c4cf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c4cf;
$custom-light: #86d6dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c4cf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.371,
    "s": 61.134,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75286,
    "c": 0.1155,
    "h": 202.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.44826
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C4CF

secondary

#D39590

accent

#4F44E4

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FAFB

border

#CBD3D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C4CF

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

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