#38C5C8#38C5C8

#38C5C8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.449; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.115 H 197.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C5C8
RGB	rgb(56, 197, 200)
HSL	hsl(181, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(181, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(72%, 1.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.85, -35.08, -12.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.85, 37.16, 199.23°)
OKLab	oklab(75.28% -0.1104 -0.034)
OKLCH	oklch(75.28% 0.115 197.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.0177, 44.9396, 61.6191)
Luminance	0.4494 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C5C8 #C83B38

analogous

#38C883 #38C5C8 #387DC8

triadic

#38C5C8 #C838C5 #C5C838

tetradic

#38C5C8 #8338C8 #C83B38 #7DC838

square

#38C5C8 #8338C8 #C83B38 #7DC838

split-complementary

#38C5C8 #C8387D #C88338

monochromatic

#1D6769 #2A9699 #38C5C8 #68D3D5 #98E1E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#38C5C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.99

#38C5C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C5C8

9.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C5C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C5C8	1.00	2.10	9.99	9.99
#FFFFFF	2.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7BCC8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2ACC9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CCC6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c5c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 197, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.115 197.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85d7d8',
    500: '#38c5c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c5c8;
$custom-light: #85d7d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c5c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.25,
    "s": 56.693,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75276,
    "c": 0.11549,
    "h": 197.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.44943
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C5C8

secondary

#CE8F8E

accent

#4B48E0

background

#F8FDFD

surface

#F0FAFA

border

#CBD3D3

text

#0D1414

muted

#7D8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C5C8

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

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