#38C5C5#38C5C5

#38C5C5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.448; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.116 H 195.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C5C5
RGB	rgb(56, 197, 197)
HSL	hsl(180, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(180, 72%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.6%, 0%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.76, -35.95, -10.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.76, 37.52, 196.64°)
OKLab	oklab(75.17% -0.1117 -0.0299)
OKLCH	oklch(75.17% 0.116 195)
XYZ	xyz(31.6706, 44.8007, 59.7907)
Luminance	0.4480 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C5C5 #C53838

analogous

#38C57F #38C5C5 #387FC5

triadic

#38C5C5 #C538C5 #C5C538

tetradic

#38C5C5 #7F38C5 #C53838 #7FC538

square

#38C5C5 #7F38C5 #C53838 #7FC538

split-complementary

#38C5C5 #C5387F #C57F38

monochromatic

#1D6666 #2A9595 #38C5C5 #67D4D4 #96E1E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#38C5C5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.96

#38C5C5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C5C5

9.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C5C5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C5C5	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)

#B8BBC5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3ACC6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CBC5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c5c5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 197, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.116 195.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85d7d6',
    500: '#38c5c5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c5c5;
$custom-light: #85d7d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c5c5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 55.731,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75171,
    "c": 0.11559,
    "h": 195
  },
  "luminance": 0.44804
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C5C5

secondary

#CD8C8C

accent

#4949DF

background

#F8FDFD

surface

#F0FAFA

border

#CBD3D3

text

#0D1414

muted

#7D8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C5C5

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

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