#38C5CF#38C5CF

#38C5CF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.453; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.116 H 202.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C5CF
RGB	rgb(56, 197, 207)
HSL	hsl(184, 61%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(184, 73%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.9%, 4.8%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.07, -33.03, -15.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.07, 36.57, 205.44°)
OKLab	oklab(75.53% -0.1074 -0.0436)
OKLCH	oklch(75.53% 0.116 202.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.8546, 45.2743, 66.0266)
Luminance	0.4528 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C5CF #CF4238

analogous

#38CF8E #38C5CF #3879CF

triadic

#38C5CF #CF38C5 #C5CF38

tetradic

#38C5CF #8E38CF #CF4238 #79CF38

square

#38C5CF #8E38CF #CF4238 #79CF38

split-complementary

#38C5CF #CF3879 #CF8E38

monochromatic

#1B6C71 #279AA3 #38C5CF #69D3DB #9BE2E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#38C5CF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.06

#38C5CF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C5CF

10.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C5CF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C5CF	1.00	2.09	10.06	10.06
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6BCD0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0ADD0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CDC8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c5cf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 197, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.116 202.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86d7dd',
    500: '#38c5cf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c5cf;
$custom-light: #86d7dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c5cf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.974,
    "s": 61.134,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75527,
    "c": 0.11592,
    "h": 202.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.45278
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C5CF

secondary

#D39590

accent

#4E44E4

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FAFB

border

#CBD3D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C5CF

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

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