#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
RGBrgb(56, 202, 205)
HSLhsl(181, 60%, 51%)
HSVhsv(181, 73%, 80%)
CMYKcmyk(72.7%, 1.5%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LABlab(74.50, -35.96, -12.48)
CIE-LCHlch(74.50, 38.07, 199.14°)
OKLaboklab(76.66% -0.1131 -0.0347)
OKLCHoklch(76.66% 0.118 197)
XYZxyz(33.7659, 47.4855, 65.1318)
Luminance0.4749 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

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
##38CACD1.002.0010.5010.50
#FFFFFF2.001.0021.0021.00
#00000010.5021.001.001.00
##00000010.5021.001.001.00

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

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#38CACD Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva