#38CBCA#38CBCA

#38CBCA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.478; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.119 H 194.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38CBCA
RGB	rgb(56, 203, 202)
HSL	hsl(180, 59%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(180, 72%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.4%, 0%, 0.5%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.71, -37.29, -10.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.71, 38.75, 195.80°)
OKLab	oklab(76.8% -0.1154 -0.0293)
OKLCH	oklch(76.8% 0.119 194.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.6426, 47.8129, 63.3214)
Luminance	0.4782 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38CBCA #CB3839

analogous

#38CB80 #38CBCA #3882CB

triadic

#38CBCA #CA38CB #CBCA38

tetradic

#38CBCA #8038CB #CB3839 #82CB38

square

#38CBCA #8038CB #CB3839 #82CB38

split-complementary

#38CBCA #CB3882 #CB8038

monochromatic

#1C6C6C #299D9C #38CBCA #69D8D7 #99E4E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#38CBCA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.56

#38CBCA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38CBCA

10.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38CBCA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38CBCA	1.00	1.99	10.56	10.56
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEC1CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8B1CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D1CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38cbca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 203, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.119 194.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86dbda',
    500: '#38cbca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38cbca;
$custom-light: #86dbda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38cbca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.592,
    "s": 58.566,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76801,
    "c": 0.11904,
    "h": 194.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.47817
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38CBCA

secondary

#D08F8F

accent

#4647E2

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FBFA

border

#CBD4D3

text

#0D1514

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #38CBCA

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

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