#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
RGBrgb(56, 197, 204)
HSLhsl(183, 59%, 51%)
HSVhsv(183, 73%, 80%)
CMYKcmyk(72.5%, 3.4%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LABlab(72.98, -33.91, -14.22)
CIE-LCHlch(72.98, 36.78, 202.76°)
OKLaboklab(75.42% -0.1087 -0.0395)
OKLCHoklch(75.42% 0.116 200)
XYZxyz(32.4913, 45.1290, 64.1134)
Luminance0.4513 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

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
##38C5CC1.002.0910.0310.03
#FFFFFF2.091.0021.0021.00
#00000010.0321.001.001.00
##00000010.0321.001.001.00

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

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#38C5CC Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva