#38CACC#38CACC

#38CACC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.474; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.118 H 196.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38CACC
RGB	rgb(56, 202, 204)
HSL	hsl(181, 59%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(181, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.5%, 1%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.47, -36.25, -11.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.47, 38.18, 198.30°)
OKLab	oklab(76.63% -0.1135 -0.0333)
OKLCH	oklch(76.63% 0.118 196.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.6455, 47.4374, 64.4981)
Luminance	0.4744 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38CACC #CC3A38

analogous

#38CC84 #38CACC #3880CC

triadic

#38CACC #CC38CA #CACC38

tetradic

#38CACC #8438CC #CC3A38 #80CC38

square

#38CACC #8438CC #CC3A38 #80CC38

split-complementary

#38CACC #CC3880 #CC8438

monochromatic

#1C6C6E #299D9E #38CACC #69D7D8 #99E4E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#38CACC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.49

#38CACC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38CACC

10.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38CACC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38CACC	1.00	2.00	10.49	10.49
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCC0CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7B0CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D1CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38cacc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 202, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.118 196.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86dadb',
    500: '#38cacc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38cacc;
$custom-light: #86dadb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38cacc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.811,
    "s": 59.2,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76628,
    "c": 0.11832,
    "h": 196.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.47441
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38CACC

secondary

#D1908F

accent

#4845E2

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FBFB

border

#CBD4D4

text

#0D1515

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #38CACC

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

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