#38CBCC#38CBCC

#38CBCC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.479; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.119 H 195.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38CBCC
RGB	rgb(56, 203, 204)
HSL	hsl(180, 59%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(180, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.5%, 0.5%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.77, -36.72, -11.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.77, 38.49, 197.45°)
OKLab	oklab(76.87% -0.1145 -0.0321)
OKLCH	oklch(76.87% 0.119 195.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.8809, 47.9082, 64.5766)
Luminance	0.4791 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38CBCC #CC3938

analogous

#38CC83 #38CBCC #3881CC

triadic

#38CBCC #CC38CB #CBCC38

tetradic

#38CBCC #8338CC #CC3938 #81CC38

square

#38CBCC #8338CC #CC3938 #81CC38

split-complementary

#38CBCC #CC3881 #CC8338

monochromatic

#1C6D6E #299D9E #38CBCC #69D8D8 #99E4E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#38CBCC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.58

#38CBCC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38CBCC

10.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38CBCC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38CBCC	1.00	1.98	10.58	10.58
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDC1CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8B1CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D2CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38cbcc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 203, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.119 195.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86dbdb',
    500: '#38cbcc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38cbcc;
$custom-light: #86dbdb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38cbcc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.405,
    "s": 59.2,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7687,
    "c": 0.11892,
    "h": 195.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.47912
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38CBCC

secondary

#D1908F

accent

#4645E2

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FBFB

border

#CBD4D4

text

#0D1515

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #38CBCC

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

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