#38CCCA#38CCCA

#38CCCA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.483; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.120 H 193.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38CCCA
RGB	rgb(56, 204, 202)
HSL	hsl(179, 59%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(179, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.5%, 0%, 1%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.01, -37.75, -10.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.01, 39.08, 194.98°)
OKLab	oklab(77.04% -0.1163 -0.0281)
OKLCH	oklch(77.04% 0.12 193.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.8795, 48.2867, 63.4003)
Luminance	0.4829 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38CCCA #CC383A

analogous

#38CC80 #38CCCA #3884CC

triadic

#38CCCA #CA38CC #CCCA38

tetradic

#38CCCA #8038CC #CC383A #84CC38

square

#38CCCA #8038CC #CC383A #84CC38

split-complementary

#38CCCA #CC3884 #CC8038

monochromatic

#1C6E6C #299E9D #38CCCA #69D8D7 #99E5E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#38CCCA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.66

#38CCCA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38CCCA

10.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38CCCA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38CCCA	1.00	1.97	10.66	10.66
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFC2CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAB2CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D2CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38ccca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 204, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.120 193.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86dcda',
    500: '#38ccca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38ccca;
$custom-light: #86dcda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38ccca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.189,
    "s": 59.2,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77043,
    "c": 0.11969,
    "h": 193.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.48291
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38CCCA

secondary

#D18F90

accent

#4548E2

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FBFA

border

#CBD4D3

text

#0D1514

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #38CCCA

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

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