#38CACD#38CACD

#38CACD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.475; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.118 H 197.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38CACD
RGB	rgb(56, 202, 205)
HSL	hsl(181, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(181, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.7%, 1.5%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.50, -35.96, -12.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.50, 38.07, 199.14°)
OKLab	oklab(76.66% -0.1131 -0.0347)
OKLCH	oklch(76.66% 0.118 197)
XYZ	xyz(33.7659, 47.4855, 65.1318)
Luminance	0.4749 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38CACD #CD3B38

analogous

#38CD85 #38CACD #387FCD

triadic

#38CACD #CD38CA #CACD38

tetradic

#38CACD #8538CD #CD3B38 #7FCD38

square

#38CACD #8538CD #CD3B38 #7FCD38

split-complementary

#38CACD #CD387F #CD8538

monochromatic

#1C6D6F #289DA0 #38CACD #69D7D9 #9AE4E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#38CACD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.50

#38CACD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38CACD

10.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38CACD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38CACD	1.00	2.00	10.50	10.50
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCC0CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6B1CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D1CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38cacd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 202, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.118 197.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86dadc',
    500: '#38cacd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38cacd;
$custom-light: #86dadc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38cacd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.208,
    "s": 59.839,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76663,
    "c": 0.1183,
    "h": 197
  },
  "luminance": 0.4749
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38CACD

secondary

#D1918F

accent

#4845E3

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FBFB

border

#CBD4D4

text

#0D1515

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #38CACD

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

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