#38C8CF#38C8CF

#38C8CF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.467; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.117 H 199.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C8CF
RGB	rgb(56, 200, 207)
HSL	hsl(183, 61%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(183, 73%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.9%, 3.4%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.97, -34.45, -14.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.97, 37.32, 202.64°)
OKLab	oklab(76.25% -0.1103 -0.0399)
OKLCH	oklch(76.25% 0.117 199.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.5426, 46.6503, 66.2560)
Luminance	0.4665 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C8CF #CF3F38

analogous

#38CF8A #38C8CF #387DCF

triadic

#38C8CF #CF38C8 #C8CF38

tetradic

#38C8CF #8A38CF #CF3F38 #7DCF38

square

#38C8CF #8A38CF #CF3F38 #7DCF38

split-complementary

#38C8CF #CF387D #CF8A38

monochromatic

#1B6D71 #279DA3 #38C8CF #69D6DB #9BE3E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#38C8CF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.33

#38C8CF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C8CF

10.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C8CF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C8CF	1.00	2.03	10.33	10.33
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9BFD0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4AFD0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CFCA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c8cf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 200, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.117 199.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86d9dd',
    500: '#38c8cf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c8cf;
$custom-light: #86d9dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c8cf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.781,
    "s": 61.134,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76251,
    "c": 0.1173,
    "h": 199.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.46654
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C8CF

secondary

#D39390

accent

#4B44E4

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FAFB

border

#CBD3D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C8CF

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

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