#38C5CB#38C5CB

#38C5CB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.451; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.116 H 199.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C5CB
RGB	rgb(56, 197, 203)
HSL	hsl(182, 59%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(182, 72%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.4%, 3%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.95, -34.21, -13.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.95, 36.86, 201.87°)
OKLab	oklab(75.38% -0.1091 -0.0381)
OKLCH	oklch(75.38% 0.116 199.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.3718, 45.0812, 63.4838)
Luminance	0.4508 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C5CB #CB3E38

analogous

#38CB87 #38C5CB #387BCB

triadic

#38C5CB #CB38C5 #C5CB38

tetradic

#38C5CB #8738CB #CB3E38 #7BCB38

square

#38C5CB #8738CB #CB3E38 #7BCB38

split-complementary

#38C5CB #CB387B #CB8738

monochromatic

#1C696C #29989D #38C5CB #69D3D8 #99E1E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#38C5CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.02

#38C5CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C5CB

10.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C5CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C5CB	1.00	2.10	10.02	10.02
#FFFFFF	2.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7BCCC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2ACCC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CCC6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c5cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 197, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.116 199.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85d7da',
    500: '#38c5cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c5cb;
$custom-light: #85d7da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c5cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.449,
    "s": 58.566,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75382,
    "c": 0.11555,
    "h": 199.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.45085
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C5CB

secondary

#D0918F

accent

#4C46E2

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FAFA

border

#CBD3D3

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C5CB

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

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