#38C5CD#38C5CD

#38C5CD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.452; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.116 H 200.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C5CD
RGB	rgb(56, 197, 205)
HSL	hsl(183, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(183, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.7%, 3.9%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.01, -33.62, -14.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.01, 36.70, 203.65°)
OKLab	oklab(75.45% -0.1082 -0.0409)
OKLCH	oklch(75.45% 0.116 200.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.6117, 45.1771, 64.7471)
Luminance	0.4518 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C5CD #CD4038

analogous

#38CD8A #38C5CD #387ACD

triadic

#38C5CD #CD38C5 #C5CD38

tetradic

#38C5CD #8A38CD #CD4038 #7ACD38

square

#38C5CD #8A38CD #CD4038 #7ACD38

split-complementary

#38C5CD #CD387A #CD8A38

monochromatic

#1C6A6F #2899A0 #38C5CD #69D3D9 #9AE2E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#38C5CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.04

#38C5CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C5CD

10.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C5CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C5CD	1.00	2.09	10.04	10.04
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6BCCE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1ADCE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CCC7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c5cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 197, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.116 200.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85d7dc',
    500: '#38c5cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c5cd;
$custom-light: #85d7dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c5cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.221,
    "s": 59.839,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75454,
    "c": 0.11569,
    "h": 200.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.45181
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C5CD

secondary

#D1938F

accent

#4D45E3

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FAFB

border

#CBD3D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C5CD

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

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