#38ACBE#38ACBE

#38ACBE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.341; OKLCH L 68.8% C 0.104 H 209.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38ACBE
RGB	rgb(56, 172, 190)
HSL	hsl(188, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(188, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.5%, 9.5%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.01, -25.97, -18.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.01, 31.92, 215.56°)
OKLab	oklab(68.83% -0.0897 -0.0516)
OKLCH	oklch(68.83% 0.104 209.9)
XYZ	xyz(25.6737, 34.0605, 53.9265)
Luminance	0.3406 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38ACBE #BE4A38

analogous

#38BE8D #38ACBE #3869BE

triadic

#38ACBE #BE38AC #ACBE38

tetradic

#38ACBE #8D38BE #BE4A38 #69BE38

square

#38ACBE #8D38BE #BE4A38 #69BE38

split-complementary

#38ACBE #BE3869 #BE8D38

monochromatic

#1C565F #2A818F #38ACBE #62C2D1 #92D4DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#38ACBE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.81

#38ACBE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38ACBE

7.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38ACBE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38ACBE	1.00	2.69	7.81	7.81
#FFFFFF	2.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CA6BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A98BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B4B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38acbe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 172, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.8% 0.104 209.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81c5d1',
    500: '#38acbe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38acbe;
$custom-light: #81c5d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38acbe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.06,
    "s": 54.472,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68825,
    "c": 0.10351,
    "h": 209.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.34064
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38ACBE

secondary

#CA9188

accent

#5E4ADE

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #38ACBE

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

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