#38C5CC#38C5CC

#38C5CC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.451; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.116 H 200.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C5CC
RGB	rgb(56, 197, 204)
HSL	hsl(183, 59%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(183, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.5%, 3.4%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.98, -33.91, -14.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.98, 36.78, 202.76°)
OKLab	oklab(75.42% -0.1087 -0.0395)
OKLCH	oklch(75.42% 0.116 200)
XYZ	xyz(32.4913, 45.1290, 64.1134)
Luminance	0.4513 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C5CC #CC3F38

analogous

#38CC89 #38C5CC #387BCC

triadic

#38C5CC #CC38C5 #C5CC38

tetradic

#38C5CC #8938CC #CC3F38 #7BCC38

square

#38C5CC #8938CC #CC3F38 #7BCC38

split-complementary

#38C5CC #CC387B #CC8938

monochromatic

#1C6A6E #29999E #38C5CC #69D3D8 #99E1E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#38C5CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.03

#38C5CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C5CC

10.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C5CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C5CC	1.00	2.09	10.03	10.03
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6BCCD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1ACCD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CCC7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c5cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 197, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.116 200.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85d7db',
    500: '#38c5cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c5cc;
$custom-light: #85d7db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c5cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.838,
    "s": 59.2,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75418,
    "c": 0.11562,
    "h": 200
  },
  "luminance": 0.45133
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C5CC

secondary

#D1928F

accent

#4D45E2

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FAFB

border

#CBD3D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C5CC

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

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