#38CAC0#38CAC0

#38CAC0 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.469; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.120 H 188.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38CAC0
RGB	rgb(56, 202, 192)
HSL	hsl(176, 58%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(176, 72%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.3%, 0%, 5%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.12, -39.65, -6.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.12, 40.10, 188.62°)
OKLab	oklab(76.22% -0.1188 -0.0169)
OKLCH	oklch(76.22% 0.12 188.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.2614, 46.8837, 57.2081)
Luminance	0.4689 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38CAC0 #CA3842

analogous

#38CA77 #38CAC0 #388BCA

triadic

#38CAC0 #C038CA #CAC038

tetradic

#38CAC0 #7738CA #CA3842 #8BCA38

square

#38CAC0 #7738CA #CA3842 #8BCA38

split-complementary

#38CAC0 #CA388B #CA7738

monochromatic

#1D6B66 #299B94 #38CAC0 #68D7CF #99E4DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#38CAC0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.38

#38CAC0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38CAC0

10.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38CAC0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38CAC0	1.00	2.02	10.38	10.38
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFBFC0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAB0C1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CFC7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38cac0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 202, 192);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.120 188.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85dbd3',
    500: '#38cac0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38cac0;
$custom-light: #85dbd3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38cac0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 192
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.89,
    "s": 57.937,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76223,
    "c": 0.11998,
    "h": 188.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.46888
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38CAC0

secondary

#CF8E93

accent

#4751E1

background

#F8FDFC

surface

#F0FBF9

border

#CBD4D2

text

#0D1514

muted

#7D8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #38CAC0

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

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