#38CBC8#38CBC8

#38CBC8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.477; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.119 H 192.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38CBC8
RGB	rgb(56, 203, 200)
HSL	hsl(179, 59%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(179, 72%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.4%, 0%, 1.5%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.65, -37.86, -9.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.65, 39.05, 194.17°)
OKLab	oklab(76.73% -0.1162 -0.0266)
OKLCH	oklch(76.73% 0.119 192.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.4073, 47.7187, 62.0823)
Luminance	0.4772 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38CBC8 #CB383B

analogous

#38CB7F #38CBC8 #3884CB

triadic

#38CBC8 #C838CB #CBC838

tetradic

#38CBC8 #7F38CB #CB383B #84CB38

square

#38CBC8 #7F38CB #CB383B #84CB38

split-complementary

#38CBC8 #CB3884 #CB7F38

monochromatic

#1C6C6B #299D9A #38CBC8 #69D8D5 #99E4E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#38CBC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.54

#38CBC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38CBC8

10.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38CBC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38CBC8	1.00	1.99	10.54	10.54
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEC1C8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9B1C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D1CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38cbc8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 203, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.119 192.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86dbd8',
    500: '#38cbc8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38cbc8;
$custom-light: #86dbd8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38cbc8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.776,
    "s": 58.566,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76733,
    "c": 0.11925,
    "h": 192.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.47723
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38CBC8

secondary

#D08F90

accent

#4649E2

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FBFA

border

#CBD4D3

text

#0D1514

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #38CBC8

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

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