#38ACBD#38ACBD

#38ACBD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.340; OKLCH L 68.8% C 0.103 H 209.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38ACBD
RGB	rgb(56, 172, 189)
HSL	hsl(188, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(188, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.4%, 9%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.98, -26.28, -18.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.98, 31.89, 214.50°)
OKLab	oklab(68.79% -0.0901 -0.0502)
OKLCH	oklch(68.79% 0.103 209.1)
XYZ	xyz(25.5648, 34.0170, 53.3528)
Luminance	0.3402 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38ACBD #BD4938

analogous

#38BD8B #38ACBD #3869BD

triadic

#38ACBD #BD38AC #ACBD38

tetradic

#38ACBD #8B38BD #BD4938 #69BD38

square

#38ACBD #8B38BD #BD4938 #69BD38

split-complementary

#38ACBD #BD3869 #BD8B38

monochromatic

#1C565F #2A818E #38ACBD #62C2D0 #91D5DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#38ACBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.80

#38ACBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38ACBD

7.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38ACBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38ACBD	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)

#9DA6BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A98BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B4B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38acbd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 172, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.8% 0.103 209.1);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38acbd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.669,
    "s": 54.286,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68786,
    "c": 0.10318,
    "h": 209.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.3402
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38ACBD

secondary

#C99087

accent

#5D4ADE

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #38ACBD

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

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