#38CCCD#38CCCD

#38CCCD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.484; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.119 H 195.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38CCCD
RGB	rgb(56, 204, 205)
HSL	hsl(180, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(180, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.7%, 0.5%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.10, -36.89, -11.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.10, 38.67, 197.44°)
OKLab	oklab(77.15% -0.115 -0.0322)
OKLCH	oklch(77.15% 0.119 195.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.2382, 48.4301, 65.2892)
Luminance	0.4843 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38CCCD #CD3938

analogous

#38CD83 #38CCCD #3881CD

triadic

#38CCCD #CD38CC #CCCD38

tetradic

#38CCCD #8338CD #CD3938 #81CD38

square

#38CCCD #8338CD #CD3938 #81CD38

split-complementary

#38CCCD #CD3881 #CD8338

monochromatic

#1C6E6F #289FA0 #38CCCD #69D9D9 #9AE5E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#38CCCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.69

#38CCCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38CCCD

10.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38CCCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38CCCD	1.00	1.97	10.69	10.69
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEC2CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9B2CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D3CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38cccd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 204, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.119 195.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86dcdc',
    500: '#38cccd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38cccd;
$custom-light: #86dcdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38cccd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.403,
    "s": 59.839,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77146,
    "c": 0.11948,
    "h": 195.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.48434
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38CCCD

secondary

#D1908F

accent

#4645E3

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FBFB

border

#CBD4D4

text

#0D1515

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #38CCCD

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

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