#38CCCF#38CCCF

#38CCCF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.485; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.119 H 197.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38CCCF
RGB	rgb(56, 204, 207)
HSL	hsl(181, 61%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(181, 73%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.9%, 1.4%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.16, -36.31, -12.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.16, 38.43, 199.11°)
OKLab	oklab(77.22% -0.1142 -0.035)
OKLCH	oklch(77.22% 0.119 197)
XYZ	xyz(34.4811, 48.5273, 66.5688)
Luminance	0.4853 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38CCCF #CF3B38

analogous

#38CF87 #38CCCF #3881CF

triadic

#38CCCF #CF38CC #CCCF38

tetradic

#38CCCF #8738CF #CF3B38 #81CF38

square

#38CCCF #8738CF #CF3B38 #81CF38

split-complementary

#38CCCF #CF3881 #CF8738

monochromatic

#1B7071 #27A0A3 #38CCCF #69D9DB #9BE5E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#38CCCF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.71

#38CCCF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38CCCF

10.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38CCCF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38CCCF	1.00	1.96	10.71	10.71
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEC2CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8B2D0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D3CD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38cccf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 204, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.119 197.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86dcdd',
    500: '#38cccf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38cccf;
$custom-light: #86dcdd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38cccf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.192,
    "s": 61.134,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77216,
    "c": 0.11942,
    "h": 197
  },
  "luminance": 0.48531
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38CCCF

secondary

#D39290

accent

#4744E4

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FBFB

border

#CBD4D4

text

#0D1515

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #38CCCF

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

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