#38ACBC#38ACBC

#38ACBC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.340; OKLCH L 68.7% C 0.103 H 208.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38ACBC
RGB	rgb(56, 172, 188)
HSL	hsl(187, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(187, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.2%, 8.5%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.94, -26.59, -17.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.94, 31.86, 213.44°)
OKLab	oklab(68.75% -0.0905 -0.0488)
OKLCH	oklch(68.75% 0.103 208.3)
XYZ	xyz(25.4566, 33.9737, 52.7831)
Luminance	0.3398 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38ACBC #BC4838

analogous

#38BC8A #38ACBC #386ABC

triadic

#38ACBC #BC38AC #ACBC38

tetradic

#38ACBC #8A38BC #BC4838 #6ABC38

square

#38ACBC #8A38BC #BC4838 #6ABC38

split-complementary

#38ACBC #BC386A #BC8A38

monochromatic

#1C565E #2A818D #38ACBC #61C3D0 #90D5DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#38ACBC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.80

#38ACBC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38ACBC

7.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38ACBC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38ACBC	1.00	2.69	7.80	7.80
#FFFFFF	2.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DA6BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A98BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B4B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38acbc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 172, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.7% 0.103 208.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81c5d0',
    500: '#38acbc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38acbc;
$custom-light: #81c5d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38acbc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.273,
    "s": 54.098,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68747,
    "c": 0.10286,
    "h": 208.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.33977
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38ACBC

secondary

#C98F87

accent

#5C4ADD

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #38ACBC

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

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