#38C5CA#38C5CA

#38C5CA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.450; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.116 H 198.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C5CA
RGB	rgb(56, 197, 202)
HSL	hsl(182, 58%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(182, 72%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.3%, 2.5%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.91, -34.50, -13.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.91, 36.95, 200.98°)
OKLab	oklab(75.35% -0.1095 -0.0367)
OKLCH	oklch(75.35% 0.116 198.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.2530, 45.0337, 62.8582)
Luminance	0.4504 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C5CA #CA3D38

analogous

#38CA86 #38C5CA #387CCA

triadic

#38C5CA #CA38C5 #C5CA38

tetradic

#38C5CA #8638CA #CA3D38 #7CCA38

square

#38C5CA #8638CA #CA3D38 #7CCA38

split-complementary

#38C5CA #CA387C #CA8638

monochromatic

#1D686B #29989B #38C5CA #68D3D7 #99E1E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#38C5CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.01

#38C5CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C5CA

10.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C5CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C5CA	1.00	2.10	10.01	10.01
#FFFFFF	2.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7BCCB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2ACCB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CCC6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c5ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 197, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.116 198.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85d7da',
    500: '#38c5ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c5ca;
$custom-light: #85d7da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c5ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.055,
    "s": 57.937,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75346,
    "c": 0.11551,
    "h": 198.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.45038
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C5CA

secondary

#CF918E

accent

#4C47E1

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FAFA

border

#CBD3D3

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C5CA

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

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