#38C5CE#38C5CE

#38C5CE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.452; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.116 H 201.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C5CE
RGB	rgb(56, 197, 206)
HSL	hsl(184, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(184, 73%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.8%, 4.4%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.04, -33.32, -15.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.04, 36.63, 204.54°)
OKLab	oklab(75.49% -0.1078 -0.0423)
OKLCH	oklch(75.49% 0.116 201.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.7327, 45.2256, 65.3848)
Luminance	0.4523 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C5CE #CE4138

analogous

#38CE8C #38C5CE #387ACE

triadic

#38C5CE #CE38C5 #C5CE38

tetradic

#38C5CE #8C38CE #CE4138 #7ACE38

square

#38C5CE #8C38CE #CE4138 #7ACE38

split-complementary

#38C5CE #CE387A #CE8C38

monochromatic

#1C6B70 #289AA1 #38C5CE #69D3DA #9AE2E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#38C5CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.05

#38C5CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C5CE

10.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C5CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C5CE	1.00	2.09	10.05	10.05
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6BCCF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1ADCF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CDC7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c5ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 197, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.116 201.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86d7dd',
    500: '#38c5ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c5ce;
$custom-light: #86d7dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c5ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.6,
    "s": 60.484,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7549,
    "c": 0.1158,
    "h": 201.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.45229
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C5CE

secondary

#D29490

accent

#4E44E4

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FAFB

border

#CBD3D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C5CE

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

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