#38C8CD#38C8CD

#38C8CD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.466; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.117 H 198.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C8CD
RGB	rgb(56, 200, 205)
HSL	hsl(182, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(182, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.7%, 2.4%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.90, -35.03, -13.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.90, 37.50, 200.90°)
OKLab	oklab(76.18% -0.1112 -0.0371)
OKLCH	oklch(76.18% 0.117 198.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.2996, 46.5531, 64.9764)
Luminance	0.4656 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C8CD #CD3D38

analogous

#38CD87 #38C8CD #387DCD

triadic

#38C8CD #CD38C8 #C8CD38

tetradic

#38C8CD #8738CD #CD3D38 #7DCD38

square

#38C8CD #8738CD #CD3D38 #7DCD38

split-complementary

#38C8CD #CD387D #CD8738

monochromatic

#1C6C6F #289CA0 #38C8CD #69D6D9 #9AE3E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#38C8CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.31

#38C8CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C8CD

10.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C8CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C8CD	1.00	2.04	10.31	10.31
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BABFCE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4AFCE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CFC9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c8cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 200, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.117 198.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86d9dc',
    500: '#38c8cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c8cd;
$custom-light: #86d9dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c8cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.013,
    "s": 59.839,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76179,
    "c": 0.1172,
    "h": 198.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.46557
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C8CD

secondary

#D1928F

accent

#4A45E3

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FAFB

border

#CBD3D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C8CD

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

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