#38CCCC#38CCCC

#38CCCC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.484; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.120 H 195.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38CCCC
RGB	rgb(56, 204, 204)
HSL	hsl(180, 59%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(180, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.5%, 0%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.07, -37.18, -11.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.07, 38.80, 196.62°)
OKLab	oklab(77.11% -0.1155 -0.0309)
OKLCH	oklch(77.11% 0.12 195)
XYZ	xyz(34.1178, 48.3820, 64.6556)
Luminance	0.4839 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38CCCC #CC3838

analogous

#38CC82 #38CCCC #3882CC

triadic

#38CCCC #CC38CC #CCCC38

tetradic

#38CCCC #8238CC #CC3838 #82CC38

square

#38CCCC #8238CC #CC3838 #82CC38

split-complementary

#38CCCC #CC3882 #CC8238

monochromatic

#1C6E6E #299E9E #38CCCC #69D8D8 #99E5E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#38CCCC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.68

#38CCCC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38CCCC

10.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38CCCC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38CCCC	1.00	1.97	10.68	10.68
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEC2CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9B2CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D3CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38cccc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 204, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.120 195.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86dcdb',
    500: '#38cccc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38cccc;
$custom-light: #86dcdb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38cccc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 59.2,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77112,
    "c": 0.11953,
    "h": 195
  },
  "luminance": 0.48386
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38CCCC

secondary

#D18F8F

accent

#4545E2

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FBFA

border

#CBD4D3

text

#0D1515

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #38CCCC

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

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