#38ACC0#38ACC0

#38ACC0 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.342; OKLCH L 68.9% C 0.104 H 211.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38ACC0
RGB	rgb(56, 172, 192)
HSL	hsl(189, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(189, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.8%, 10.4%, 0%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.08, -25.35, -19.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.08, 32.03, 217.67°)
OKLab	oklab(68.9% -0.0889 -0.0544)
OKLCH	oklch(68.9% 0.104 211.5)
XYZ	xyz(25.8938, 34.1486, 55.0856)
Luminance	0.3415 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38ACC0 #C04C38

analogous

#38C090 #38ACC0 #3868C0

triadic

#38ACC0 #C038AC #ACC038

tetradic

#38ACC0 #9038C0 #C04C38 #68C038

square

#38ACC0 #9038C0 #C04C38 #68C038

split-complementary

#38ACC0 #C03868 #C09038

monochromatic

#1C5761 #2A8291 #38ACC0 #64C1D2 #93D4DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#38ACC0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.83

#38ACC0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38ACC0

7.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38ACC0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38ACC0	1.00	2.68	7.83	7.83
#FFFFFF	2.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CA6C1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8998C0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B4B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38acc0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 172, 192);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.9% 0.104 211.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81c5d3',
    500: '#38acc0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38acc0;
$custom-light: #81c5d3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38acc0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 192
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.824,
    "s": 54.839,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68904,
    "c": 0.10425,
    "h": 211.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.34152
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38ACC0

secondary

#CB9389

accent

#5F4ADE

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #38ACC0

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

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