#38CAC4#38CAC4

#38CAC4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.471; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.119 H 190.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38CAC4
RGB	rgb(56, 202, 196)
HSL	hsl(178, 58%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(178, 72%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.3%, 0%, 3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.23, -38.53, -8.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.23, 39.36, 191.74°)
OKLab	oklab(76.35% -0.117 -0.0224)
OKLCH	oklch(76.35% 0.119 190.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.7106, 47.0634, 59.5740)
Luminance	0.4707 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38CAC4 #CA383E

analogous

#38CA7B #38CAC4 #3887CA

triadic

#38CAC4 #C438CA #CAC438

tetradic

#38CAC4 #7B38CA #CA383E #87CA38

square

#38CAC4 #7B38CA #CA383E #87CA38

split-complementary

#38CAC4 #CA3887 #CA7B38

monochromatic

#1D6B68 #299B97 #38CAC4 #68D7D2 #99E4E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#38CAC4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.41

#38CAC4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38CAC4

10.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38CAC4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38CAC4	1.00	2.02	10.41	10.41
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEBFC4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9B0C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D0C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38cac4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 202, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.119 190.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85dbd5',
    500: '#38cac4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38cac4;
$custom-light: #85dbd5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38cac4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.534,
    "s": 57.937,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76355,
    "c": 0.11913,
    "h": 190.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.47067
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38CAC4

secondary

#CF8E91

accent

#474DE1

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FBFA

border

#CBD4D3

text

#0D1514

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #38CAC4

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

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